In February 2027, Star Wars will be re-released in cinemas. The original Star Wars came out in May of 1977, not February. You would think that they might have even aimed for May the Fourth, but then, what would I know?
OK, so Star Wars: Starfighter is due out in May 2027, but I can’t help but think that the original Star Wars movie would do better. In fact, it’ll be interesting to see how well A New Hope does against Starfighter. It would be hilarious if the original made a billion and Starfighter bombs.
People want to see Star Wars, but good movies, not what Disney has been dishing out. I’m being a little pessimistic; I so hope Starfighter is good, but my expectations are lower than Peter Dinklage’s bum.
Back to the good Star Wars, A New Hope will be re-released in Feb, and they have a new poster to show it off.
A New Poster
Now, a few things of note about whether this is the original cut or the special edition cut, because that makes a big difference.
It doesn’t say ‘Episode 4: A New Hope’ anywhere on that poster. The original cut didn’t say Episode 4 anywhere, even in the opening crawl.
Secondly, it says: Produced by Gary Kurtz, who was the original producer. The special editions were produced by Rick McCallum. I always had the impression that McCallum was just GL’s yes-man. If his name is not on that poster, this might be a good thing.
And also just to note, why is there no Vader on the poster? He features pretty heavily on the original poster by Drew Struzan. Have they cut Vader out of the movie?
Are you going to see the re-release of Star Wars? I would like to see it on opening night, but if Greedo shoots first, I’m walking out.
