Lucasfilm Just Answered the Han Shot First Question — For a Limited Time
Four days ago I flagged the one unanswered question about A New Hope's 50th-anniversary IMAX re-release: which cut. Lucasfilm just answered it. February 19, 2027 brings back the actual 1977 theatrical version — Greedo, Han, and the blaster fired in the order George Lucas originally shot it, not the Special Edition.
Star Wars Is Finally Coming to IMAX 70mm — 50 Years Late
Star Wars is heading to IMAX 70mm film for the first time in its history — twice, in the same window. A restored A New Hope returns to theaters February 19, 2027 for its 50th anniversary, and Star Wars: Starfighter debuts in the format three months later, shot on IMAX-certified cameras from the ground up.
By the Numbers: The $/Seat Math That Says the Premium-Format Cinema Has Already Won
Premium-format seats — IMAX, Dolby, 70mm, PLF — crossed 16% of domestic gross in 2025, on roughly 1% of the screen count. Spielberg's Disclosure Day opens June 12 in IMAX, 70mm, and standard formats simultaneously — and the IMAX-share line, not the headline gross, is the only number that will move the next quarter's exhibitor earnings calls. That is what the dollar-per-seat math looks like when an exhibitor takes it seriously.
By the Numbers: What 49 Years of Spielberg Sci-Fi Tells Us to Expect From Disclosure Day
Disclosure Day opens wide this Friday, June 12, and the internet has already decided what it is. The numbers haven't. Here is what 49 years of Spielberg sci-fi releases actually say about the bar Friday's opening has to clear.
Stop Calling Disclosure Day the Next Matrix Before You've Bought a Ticket
The Paris premiere happened a week ago. The film opens wide in America on Friday. And somehow, on the strength of a trailer, a Williams score, and a Le Grand Rex afterparty, half the internet has already decided Disclosure Day is a paradigm shift. Look — calm down. Here's the part nobody wants to say out loud.