It’s ‘Star Wars’ time for China
Shanghai
China, for the first time has shown the original "Star Wars" film at cinemas, nearly four decades after it became a global hit.
The Shanghai International Film Festival is showing all six "Star Wars" films this week, including the first screenings in mainland Chinese theatres of the original trilogy, festival organisers said.
In 1977 as foreign audiences followed the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away", China had just emerged from the chaotic Cultural Revolution and had yet to launch economic reforms which would transform the Communist-ruled country.
US studio, Walt Disney, hopes the screenings will prepare the Chinese audience for the seventh episode in the series, due for release later this year.
"This will be the first-ever theatrical screening of the original trilogy in China," Kerwin Lo, vice president and general manager of Walt Disney Studios China, told AFP before the films showed.
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