J.J. Abrams Says It's "Not Necessarily Possible" For The Original Unaltered STAR WARS Trilogy To Be Released
For those of you like myself who have been waiting for the day for Lucasfilm to release the original unaltered theatrical cuts of the Star Wars trilogy, don’t hold your breath. It doesn’t sound like it’s ever going to happen.
According to J.J. Abrams, who you know has some insider knowledge all this recently talked about it in an interview. Abrams says he actually asked about a release of the cuts and was told it was not going to happen.
“I’ve been told that for reasons that I don’t quite understand that that’s not necessarily possible.” The filmmaker adds that the new cuts are “what Geroge Lucas wanted”. While he respects that, he does add, “there’s something about the original theatrical version that…for so many people… was what they loved.”
While fans can continue to hold out for hope that one day it will happen, George Lucas probably made sure it was in the contract that Disney would never release them before he sold them Lucasfilm.