
Last updated: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Director GEORGE LUCAS will re-release the original STAR WARS in 3-D to coincide with the film's 30th anniversary next year (07).
The decision to release a 3-D version of the film in cinemas was based on the enormously successful "special edition" re-issues of the film a few years ago.
The re-release of the 1977 classic will be re-titled STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE.
Earlier reports have suggested Lucas would also be tinkering with the sequels and putting them out a year apart from one another.
Several other blockbusters are also being considered for the 3-D format, including JAMES CAMERON's TITANIC and PETER JACKSON's THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
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