More Star Wars 3D next year
Before
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
came back to the theaters earlier this yearconverted for 3D, the
plan was to bring the other five movies to theaters one at a time each year, but that has apparently changed. At the Star Wars Celebration VI event in Orlando (where we
first found out about the Blu-ray release two years ago) Lucasfilm announced that Episodes II and III in 3D will be released in theaters back to back in fall of 2013, arriving September 20th and October 11th, respectively. Missing so far from the announcement? A reason for the back-to-back release or any word on Blu-ray 3D plans. In lieu of more details, although it means
Attack of the Clones will come back later in the year than
Phantom Menacedid, with any luck this accelerated schedule is a good omen for the original trilogy's return. Of course, we'll have to wait and see what magic can be worked with those older film and special effects elements, however
IGN apparently found an early preview of the Episode II 3D footage to be promising.