\n\tMark your calendars, because moviegoers will get to hear: \u201cMay the Force be with you\u201d in theaters once again. <\/p>\n
\n\tStar Wars<\/a>: Episode IV \u2013 A New Hope, which kicked off the legendary trilogy and franchise, is heading back to theaters just in time for its 50th anniversary. Lucasfilm owner Disney has confirmed a theatrical release is set for April 30, 2027.<\/p>\n \n\tA New Hope originally hit theaters on May 25, 1977 and starred Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo and the late Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia. And the film saw the introduction to one of the most iconic villains of all time, Darth Vader (physically played by David Prowse, with James Earl Jones providing the voice).<\/p>\n \n\tCreated by George Lucas<\/a>, the franchise expanded into the early 2000s with prequel films starring Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen and Ewan McGregor. The sequels began with 2015\u2019s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, featuring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver and many other spinoffs and TV series.<\/p>\n \n\tLast year at Cannes, Lucas spoke about<\/a> how his original ideas for Star Wars \u201csort of got lost\u201d after the 2012 Disney deal. Notably, 2018\u2019s Solo: A Star Wars Story struggled at the box office<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI was the one who really knew what\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0was \u2026 who actually knew this world, because there\u2019s a lot to it. The Force, for example, nobody understood the Force,\u201d Lucas said. \u201cWhen they started other ones after I sold the company, a lot of the ideas that were in [the original] sort of got lost. But that\u2019s the way it is. You give it up, you give it up.\u201d<\/p>\n