It’s only been two weeks since Star Wars announced that its groundbreaking original film will hit IMAX for the first time to celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. Directed by George Lucas and released in 1977, Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope is widely regarded as the film that changed the sci-fi movie world as we know it and launched one of Hollywood’s most influential franchises. To mark the milestone, the film will return to theaters on February 19, 2027, in a newly restored version of the original theatrical cut.
Boasting a Certified Fresh 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Star Wars: A New Hope follows the Rebel Alliance in its fight against the Galactic Empire and its ultimate weapon, the Death Star. After Rebel leader Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is captured by the Empire, Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) comes into possession of the station’s stolen plans and sets out to rescue her. His journey also introduces him to the Force under the guidance of Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness).
While fans await A New Hope‘s return, Star Wars has officially announced another way to experience the perfect sci-fi classic. Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), the Lucasfilm division Lucas founded in 1975, is bringing the film to an immersive virtual-reality experience designed to place audiences inside the Star Wars universe. The announcement came during Meta Connect 2026, where ILM unveiled Disney Immersive Cinema by ILM, a new format developed for Meta VR Glasses that blends traditional feature-film storytelling with immersive environmental effects.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes
Which Star Wars Crew Should You Join?
Falcon · Ghost · Skeleton Crew · Razor Crest
Eight honest questions about how you actually are: what your friends come to you for, how you handle a night that falls apart, what you want out of work, what keeps you going. Answer them and we will tell you which ship has your seat. Four crews are hiring: the smugglers, the rebels, the kids who got hopelessly lost, and the one man who works alone until he does not.
🚀Falcon(Original Trilogy)
👾Ghost(Star Wars Rebels)
🗺️Skeleton Crew(Skeleton Crew)
🪖Razor Crest(The Mandalorian)
FIND YOUR CREW →
01
What role do you play in your friend group?
Everybody has one, whether they admit it or not.
AThe one who talks us out of trouble.
BThe one who keeps everybody together.
CThe one who suggests the bad idea.
DThe one who turns up and fixes it.
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02
How do you pack for a trip?
This says more about people than it should.
ALast minute, and I always forget something.
BEnough for me and whoever forgot theirs.
COne bag of nonsense and no real plan.
DExactly what I need and nothing more.
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03
Your plans collapse an hour before. What do you do?
Everybody reacts to this differently.
ACome up with something better on the spot.
BGet everybody on a call and sort it out.
CGo out anyway and see what happens.
DStay in, quite happily.
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04
What would you actually want out of a job?
Be honest rather than impressive.
AGood money and nobody watching me.
BWork that means something, even if it pays badly.
CSomething different every single day.
DClear terms, paid on time, left alone.
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05
What do people come to you for?
You already know which one it is.
AGetting them out of something.
BHolding it together when things get bad.
CMaking a boring day interesting.
DThe thing nobody else wants to do.
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06
How do you handle a disagreement with a friend?
This is where people differ most.
AJoke about it now, deal with it later.
BTalk it out properly, however long it takes.
CForget the whole thing within an hour.
DSay very little, then quietly fix it.
NEXT QUESTION →
07
What does a really good Saturday night look like?
No wrong answers, but there are revealing ones.
ASomewhere loud with people I like.
BA long dinner at home with my favourite few.
COut with no plan at all.
DQuiet, alone, and completely happy about it.
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08
What actually keeps you going?
Eight questions in, this is the one that picks your crew.
AFreedom, and the money that pays for it.
BBeing part of something worth fighting for.
CCuriosity, mostly.
DOne person who depends on me.
REVEAL MY CREW →
Docking Clamps Released
Your Crew Is…
Four ships, four completely different reasons to be up there at all.
Here is the one that has your seat, what flying with them would cost you, and what it would give
back.
Star Wars · Original Trilogy · Since 1977
Millennium Falcon
You belong on the fastest piece of junk in the galaxy, with a
crew that took the job for the payday and then quietly stopped caring about the payday.
Nothing on the Falcon has ever gone according to plan, and everybody aboard prefers it that
way.
You improvise better than you prepare, which is why you keep ending up in situations
that a careful person would have avoided.
The Falcon is the only ship on this list that is genuinely funny, and half of that comes
from it breaking at the worst possible moment.
You would pretend the whole thing is transactional right up until somebody you like is
in trouble, and then the pretending stops instantly.
This crew is the reason the rebellion had a chance at all, and not one of them would
ever admit to that out loud.
Star Wars Rebels · Disney XD · 2014 to 2018
The Ghost
You belong with the crew that turned a tiny cell of misfits into
an actual rebellion. The Ghost is a home before it is a ship, and everybody who boards it
arrived with something broken that the rest of them decided to look after.
Found family is the whole engine here, and Rebels earns it by making you watch these
people choose each other over and over again.
You are in it for the cause, but what actually keeps you going is the four people who
would notice immediately if you stopped showing up.
Hera is one of the best captains in the franchise, and the show is smart enough to make
her competence the quiet centre of everything.
This crew pays for its wins, which is exactly what makes the wins land the way they do.
Skeleton Crew · Disney+ · Since 2024
The Skeleton Crew
You belong with the four kids who found a buried ship, launched
it by accident and are now extremely lost in a galaxy that eats people like them. Nobody
here knows what they are doing, and that turns out to be the fun of it.
Your instinct is to open the door that says do not open, and you would do it again
tomorrow.
Skeleton Crew is the closest Star Wars has come to an eighties adventure movie, where
the stakes are real but the wonder never gets sanded off.
You make friends out of whoever is standing next to you when things go wrong, which is a
genuinely useful survival skill.
The pirates in this one are properly frightening, and that is precisely why the kids
being out of their depth works so well.
The Mandalorian · Disney+ · Since 2019
The Razor Crest
You belong in the quietest ship in the galaxy, with one small
passenger and a code you have never explained to anybody. You told yourself this was a job,
and then it stopped being a job somewhere around the second week.
You work alone by preference and by habit, which lasts exactly as long as it takes for
somebody small to need looking after.
The Mandalorian works because almost nothing gets said out loud, and the armour does the
acting that a face usually would.
Your loyalty is narrow and absolute, so there are very few people on your list and
nothing will move you off it.
The Mandalorian and Grogu took all of that to the big screen over Memorial Day 2026, the
first Star Wars film in seven years.
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‘Star Wars: A New Hope’s Immersive Experience Launches in 2027
Image via 20th Century Fox
This new experience reflects ILM’s broader exploration of how emerging technology can transform the way audiences engage with stories and the worlds they depict. The studio offered a tease of what to expect via Star Wars’ official X (formerly Twitter) account:
According to ILM, Star Wars: A New Hope itself will remain unchanged, while Disney Immersive Cinema will add a new dimension to the viewing experience, allowing select moments to extend beyond the screen and into the viewer’s surroundings. This enables audiences to experience familiar scenes from an entirely new perspective. The project joins Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War as one of the first titles announced.
A New Hope is currently in development for Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest 3 and 3S, with Meta VR Glasses scheduled to launch in spring 2027 at $1,299.99. Stay tuned to Collider for further updates.
Release Date
May 25, 1977
Runtime
121 minutes
Director
George Lucas