Overview

• On June 12, the BFI Southbank presented a rare dye-transfer Technicolor print of the film preserved in its National Archive.
• Kathleen Kennedy opened the event to dispel rumors of an unauthorized screening, confirming approval by Lucasfilm and Disney.
• This first-cut print lacks the Episode IV subtitle while retaining the original Mos Eisley Cantina scene in which Han Solo fires before Greedo.
• The event renewed interest in preserving original film versions over George Lucas’s subsequent revisions.
• Kennedy described the 1977 version as the franchise’s gold standard for story development, then teased the upcoming Starfighter project starring Ryan Gosling.