3D Re-Releases of Star Wars: Episode II and Episode III Cancelled....

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3D Re-Releases of Star Wars: Episode II and Episode III Cancelled

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=99448

Source: Deadline
January 28, 2013​

Although plans were underway for theatrical 3D re-releases of both Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Deadline reports that Lucasfilm will instead concentrate their attention on the upcoming Episode VII instead.

It is unclear how much post-conversion work has already been accomplished on the two remaining prequels (Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menance saw a 3D re-release last year), but it is possible that both films could find a theatrical re-release sometime in the future or that the 3D versions could be released directly to Blu-ray.

Plans also called for the eventual re-release of the original trilogy, although no release dates had been announced. Those plans, too, appear to be off the table for the time being.

UPDATE: Lucasfilm has now released the following official statement:

Lucasfilm has decided to postpone this fall's scheduled release of Star Wars Episodes II and III in 3D. Given the recent development that we are moving forward with a new Star Wars trilogy, we will now focus 100 percent of our efforts on Star Wars: Episode VII in order to ensure the best possible experience for our fans. We will post further information about our 3D release plans at a later date.

 

[Matt7187]

That was probably a smart choice to cancel them!

 

[Can we go yet?]

How hard is it to put your movie in a theater? ._.
I'm pretty bummed out, I for one Love Attack of the Clones (It's lightyears ahead of Phantom Menace -_- ) I was sorta looking forward to seeing this and the little mermaid in theaters.

 

[erasure fan1]

I was looking forward to taking my daughter to attack of the clones because that's her favorite of the prequels. Really I was hoping to take her to all 6 movies but oh well. What seems to not make scene is they canceled them to focus 100% on the new movie. But they couldn't have had that much left to do on EPII, the release was in September. I get postponing 3, 4, 5 and 6 for now but EPII had to be fairly close to completion.

 

[NYwdwfan]

As much as I dislike Phantom Menace as a whole, I actually enjoyed taking the kids to see it in 3D because they LOVED it. The Darth Maul/Qui Gon/Obi Wan fight in 3D on the big screen was pretty intense. Although it did bum me out a bit to pay $36 for 3 tickets to a movie that is sitting atop my DVD player at home.

 

[erasure fan1]

The Darth Maul/Qui Gon/Obi Wan fight in 3D on the big screen was pretty intense.

It was worth the price of admission just for that. Its one of the best fights in any of the movies.

 

[flavious27]

Kind of a smart idea. The time will allow better technology to rework the movies into 3d, along with a better delivery method.