Star Wars Original Trilogy to Hit Theaters in August
The original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy is headed back to theaters thanks to Alamo Drafthouse.
A poster from the original 1977 Star wars film.
The theater chain revealed on Tuesday that it will sponsor a nationwide roadshow of “A New Hope,” “Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.”
“It’s always been a dream to show the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy again — somehow, someway,” Henri Mazza, Alamo Drafthouse’s vice president of special events, said in a statement. “Seeing the original trilogy on the big screen for the first time is a real life-altering event and just a supreme amount of fun. When the films became available to book for screenings like these, we jumped at the chance to do something big.”
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It appears these will be the ’97 Special Editions, not the unaltered or blu-ray versions, because those are the newest, highest-quality projection prints available.