/ 09.30.2010 12:00AM
“Star Wars” in 3D to Hit Theaters in 2012
LOS ANGELES: “Star Wars” will return to
theaters next year in 3D, according to several reports. Thirty-three years
after what became George Lucas’s tour de
force was originally unveiled to an adoring public, it’s set to return in
the latest format. Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox announced the plan
yesterday, Reuters
said.
All six films will be released in story order instead of based on their original
release dates. “
Episode I: The Phantom
Menace” will be first, on deck for 2012. The films are being
converted to 3D at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light Magic.
Lucas’s series of “Star Wars” movies launched with the eponymous episode in
1977. “The Empire Strikes Back” followed in 1980, and the next sequel, “Return
of the Jedi,” came in 1983. These were considered episodes IV, V and VI,
respectively. Episodes I, II and II were released in 1999, 2002 and 2005
respectively.