50th Anniversary of 'Star Wars' Celebrated with iMax 70mm Re-Release, Special Events, New Movie
Slashdot, citing Deadline, reports that Lucasfilm and Disney have restored the original 1977 Star Wars and will re-release it in multiple formats, including Imax 70mm starting February 19, as part of the franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations. The original film will also be shown in its original 16:9 format on Cosm's 12K+ LED Dome, in a presentation developed with Disney, Lucasfilm, ILM and MakeMake and billed as a "Shared Reality production." The headline also mentions special events and a new movie, but the excerpt provided does not describe them.
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50th Anniversary of 'Star Wars' Celebrated with iMax 70mm Re-Release, Special Events, New Movie
"Lucasfilm and Disney have restored the original Star Wars (1977) and will release the film in multiple formats, including Imax 70mm [starting February 19], as part of the franchise's 50th anniversary celebrations," reports Deadline. The original film will also be displayed in its original 16:9 format on the center of Cosm's 12K+ LED Dome, in a special presentation developed with Disney, Lucasfilm, ILM, and MakeMake. They're calling it a "Shared Reality production" where "the surrounding visual
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