GEORGE LUCAS - STAR WARS TO BE RELEASED IN 3-D

Director GEORGE LUCAS will re-release the original STAR WARS in 3-D to coincide with the film's 30th anniversary next year (07). The decision to release a 3-D version of the film in cinemas was based on the enormously successful "special edition" re-issues of the film a few years ago. The re-release of the 1977 classic will be re-titled STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE. Earlier reports have suggested Lucas would also be tinkering with the sequels and putting them out a year apart from one another. Several other blockbusters are also being considered for the 3-D format, including JAMES CAMERON's TITANIC and PETER JACKSON's THE LORD OF THE RINGS.