{"id":36654,"date":"2015-09-19T21:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T01:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=36654"},"modified":"2018-11-20T22:58:05","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T03:58:05","slug":"the-latest-disneys-going-to-release-the-unaltered-star-wars-rumor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/19\/the-latest-disneys-going-to-release-the-unaltered-star-wars-rumor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest &#8220;Disney&#8217;s Going To Release The Unaltered STAR WARS&#8221; Rumor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StarWars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14462\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StarWars.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars\" width=\"550\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StarWars.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/StarWars-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK, this is one of those stories that pops up every now and then, perhaps more fueled by fans hopes than by any actual basis. However, there may be a ring of truth to it this time.<\/p>\n<p>Empire has tweeted out that director John Landis stated at an unspecified Q &amp; A, that he was told that Disney will indeed be releasing the original, unedited version of the original <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> trilogy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At a Q&amp;A tonight John Landis dropped  that Disney are finally going to re-release the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/empiremagazine\/status\/645035349006159872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apparently George mentioned it when last they spoke. Somebody put Yub Nub on. Let the celebrations commence!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/empiremagazine\/status\/645035521958281216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now, before everyone gets too crazy, let us remember that we have traveled down this road before. As I said, this is often a rumor fueled more by fan hopes than by anything that might actually be happening. Remember that for years Lucas himself has stated that the original, un-Special Editions of the classic <strong>Star Wars<\/strong> trilogy would never be released again. Of course, once Disney bought Lucasfilm, all bets were off, so there may be some truth to it this time. Just don&#8217;t go betting the rent yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Is this a reliable source for the long-persistent rumor?<\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/19\/the-latest-disneys-going-to-release-the-unaltered-star-wars-rumor\/\" title=\"The Latest &#8220;Disney&#8217;s Going To Release The Unaltered STAR WARS&#8221; Rumor\">[click for more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[260],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-star-wars"},"aioseo_notices":[],"nelio_content":{"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"efiAlt":"","efiUrl":"","followers":[2],"highlights":[],"isAutoShareEnabled":false,"networkImageIds":[],"permalinkQueryArgs":[],"series":[],"suggestedReferences":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36654"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=36654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}