Lucasfilm has introduced that, in celebration of the twenty fifth anniversary of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” and timed to Star Wars Day (Could the 4th), followers will have the ability to expertise all the Skywalker Saga on the massive display.
That’s proper, you’ll have the ability to watch “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace,” “Star Wars: Assault of the Clones,” “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” “Star Wars: A New Hope,” “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Again,” “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,” “Star Wars: The Power Awakens,” “Star Wars: The Final Jedi” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” on the massive display in a single single, nerve-damaging rotation.
If that wasn’t sufficient the marathon may also embody an unique first have a look at “The Acolyte,” the upcoming Disney+ sequence set 100 years earlier than “The Phantom Menace” in a interval of “Star Wars” lore often known as the Excessive Republic.
These attending may also obtain a restricted version poster, to remind you of that point you spent a full calendar day within the theater watching “Star Wars” installments.
The “Star Wars” saga kicked off with George Lucas’ groundbreaking unique in 1977. Two sequels adopted in 1980 (“The Empire Strikes Again”) and 1983 (“Return of the Jedi”). For these of us who grew up within the 1980’s, it felt like that was it for “Star Wars.” As a substitute, a gradual stream of merchandise, spin-off materials just like the novels and tv films like the 2 “Ewok” movies, plus the animated sequence “Droids,” would preserve us busy.
There would often be a cross-platform occasion like “Shadows of the Empire” in 1996 that included video games, a novel and a online game whose tough boss fights nonetheless hang-out us to this present day. We imagined a world the place “Star Wars” was a single trilogy.
In fact, that each one modified when Lucas determined to make the prequel trilogy, which might chart the rise of Anakin Skywalker as he reworked into Darth Vader. Installments could be launched in 1999 (“The Phantom Menace”), 2002 (“Assault of the Clones”) and 2005 (“Revenge of the Sith”).
When Lucas offered Lucasfilm (and “Star Wars”) to Disney in 2012, constructing off of a relationship that had already been established by way of the Star Excursions attraction at numerous Disney theme parks. Disney shortly started working on a brand new sequence of movies that will be launched in 2015 (“The Power Awakens”), 2017 (“The Final Jedi”) and 2019 (“The Rise of Skywalker”). They’d show extra controversial with followers however simply as profitable by way of field workplace.
There have been additionally a pair of “Star Wars Story” movies launched (“Rogue One” and “Solo”), with Lucasfilm shifting their consideration to streaming after the discharge of “The Rise of Skywalker,” with sequence like “The Mandalorian,” “The E-book of Boba Fett,” “Andor,” “Visions,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “The Unhealthy Batch” and the upcoming “The Acolyte.”
Get able to expertise the entire shebang on the massive display. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, Friday, March 22, at 9 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. ET.