George Lucas Explains Why You’ll Never See A 4K Restoration of A New Hope

2 years ago by inkican to c/scifi

In a conversation ahead of the ceremony for his honorary Palme d'Or, George Lucas explains why he'll never release a 4K restoration of the theatrical versions of the original Star Wars movies.

The ones who were there 47 years ago remember it clearly: Han shot first. But in nearly every version of 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope that you can find today, Harrison Ford’s charming smuggler was a little slow to the trigger in his face-off against Greedo — one of the many changes that director George Lucas made to the three original Star Wars movies in their home video releases over the past four decades. Lucas has been criticized for his tendency to fiddle with his original Star Wars trilogy in these re-releases; adding scenes, changing pivotal moments, and punching up the practical effects with new digital innovations. The new versions have become so controversial that fans have launched whole projects to restore the original theatrical versions. But if Lucas had his way, no one would see those versions again.

VisualBuilder4 14 points 2 years ago

Luckily there are community passion-projects like the Silverscreen Edition and 4K77 and so on.

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Oderus 11 points 2 years ago

Probably because he can't make money off it.

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Valmond 6 points 2 years ago

Is disney in need for som starwars publicity or something? I just see a lot of very specific critics of the remakes (I prefer the originals but I understand if people just don't care about a minute or three of moderately added content).

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CthuluVoIP 1 point 2 years ago
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sness 3 points 2 years ago

Me, having downloaded 4k77 and seeing this exact thing this morning: "Sure things, George"

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reddig33 2 points 2 years ago

Never say never. Disney owns this now and can do whatever the hell they please with it.

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