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Bad news, Star Wars fans. Those of you who have been holding out hope that Disney may want to further capitalize on a galaxy far, far away by restoring the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy are about to be sorely disappointed. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has officially confirmed that they have no plans on messing with the cuts and intend to leave the movies the way that George Lucas did when he revisited them in the 90s.
[...] While she revealed that there is no agreement in place to keep the Star Wars cuts as they are, she also made it clear that Lucasfilm isn't planning on messing with them.
Source: http://movieweb.com/star-wars-classic-trilogy-disney-wont-alter-restore/
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday April 27 2017, @06:16PM
So, lots of movies are "pre screened" to test audiences, then major plot points (often the endings) are revised according to audience reactions.
Lucas just extended this practice to use everyone born before 1985 as the test audience for the re-releases.
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