Q & As About 'Star Wars': Would audiences be interested if Disney-Lucasfilm remade Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI with modern film-making techniques?
© 1977 20th Century Fox Film Corporation Would audiences be interested if Disney-Lucasfilm remade Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI with modern film-making techniques? Judging from the reaction of many Star Wars fans to the changes that franchise creator and founder/retired CEO of Lucasfilm, George Lucas, made when he decided to improve 1970s-era special effects shots that he felt fell short of his vision with late 1990s-era CGI effects for the 20th Anniversary Special Editions, I’d say…”No.” The Star Wars Trilogy is already one of the most “tinkered with” movie series in the history of the industry. Since 1977, Star Wars alone has undergone many adjustments, ranging from necessary fixes to its audio track, accidental deletion of scenes and re-insertion of said scenes, a 1981 title change from Star Wars to Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope, a tweak that was first previewed in 1979 when Ballantine Books published Carol Titleman’s The Art of Star Wars and officiall