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Title: Original 1977 'Star Wars' Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First
Time in Decades

Link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/0...

Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings news that in June "a rare
screening of the original 1977 Star Wars movie - complete with Han shooting
first - will be shown at a theater in London..." Petapixel reports:
Subsequent alterations made to the film are well-documented: Han Solo being
shot at by the bounty hunter Greedo first, rather than the original in which
anti-hero Han killed Greedo without being shot at. Then there is the addition
of a CGI Jabba the Hutt who was only mentioned by name in the 1977 release.
Fans have also complained about the color grading painted on re-releases. But
for those attending the British Film Institute (BFI)'s Film on Film festival
in London, they are in for a treat. Star Wars will play not once but twice on
the opening night on June 12... BFI says the print is "unfaded" and "ready to
transport us to a long time ago, and a galaxy far, far away, back to the
moment in 1977 when George Lucas's vision cast a spell on cinema audiences."
Lucas has little sympathy for those who want to see his first version of the
film, telling the Associated Press in 2004, "I'm sorry you saw half a
completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want
it to be." The film festival promises "a glorious dye-transfer" of Star Wars -
 and will also show "a pristine 35mm print of the original US pilot episode
of Twin Peaks, screening for the first time ever in the UK" - followed by a
Q&A with the 1990 show's original star Kyle MacLachlan. On display to
coincide with the opening night screening there is also a rare opportunity to
view material from the original continuity script for Star Wars, which
includes rare on-set Polaroids, annotations and deleted scenes. The script is
from the collection of Ann Skinner, script editor on the original film, and
is now cared for by the BFI National Archive.

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