’John Landis Says Original ‘Star Wars’ Theatrical Cuts Will Be Re-Released’:-
John Landis Says Original ‘Star Wars’ Theatrical Cuts Will Be Re-Released - 2015 article
a snippet…
"A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, George Lucas released a trilogy of classic sci-fi fantasy films that captured the imagination of a generation. But then, the dark side took over, and he couldn’t stop tinkering with them. For anyone with even half a passion for the “Star Wars” franchise, Lucas’ CGI drenched additions to the original trio of films have been controversial if not outright blasphemy. It has been a further thorn in the side of fans that Lucas has long refused to re-issue the original theatrical cuts, only half-heartedly including them in non-anamorphic form in a 2008 box set of the trilogy, sourced from the 1993 LaserDisc release (the quality was far from ideal). While this bit of news comes second-hand, it’s a brief flame of hope that the original movies will once again be seen as they were for the first time on the big screen.
Participating in a Halloween Horror Nights Q&A in Orlando, Florida this weekend, John Landis revealed that Lucas told him that Disney will be re-releasing the theatrical cut of the original “Star Wars” trilogy. That’s about it as far as details go, but it’s likely not going to happen for a while yet as there are still rights issues to sort out."
a 4-minute youtube video titled ‘John Landis talks theatrical cut of Star Wars’ (from the ‘Behind The Thrills’ youtube channel) can be found here:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeDd7lfNsM
a few other articles on the same subject, from the same 2015 time-frame:-
• Is The Original (Unaltered) ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Finally Coming To Blu-Ray? - at Forbes
• Could the original Star Wars cuts be heading to Blu-ray?- at WhatHiFi
• John Landis Claims Disney Will Re-Release The Theatrical Cuts Of The Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy - at Inquisitr
• Disney to re-release the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy, according to John Landis - at Flickering Myth
• John Landis Claims Disney is Releasing the Original Star Wars Trilogy - at FuriousFanboy
• John Landis Claims Disney To Release Original Theatrical Cuts Of Original Star Wars Trilogy - at The Bearded Trio