Lucasfilm reportedly nixes remaining 3D 'Star Wars' prequels to focus on new trilogy

While the focus this past week has been on what new Star Wars movies are coming, today it's on what won't be making it to theaters: 3D versions of the rest of the prequel trilogy. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that plans for a theatrical release of 3D editions of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith have been scuttled as Disney turns its attention to the new trilogy it has in the works.

The 3D version of The Phantom Menace was released in February of last year to less-than-stellar box office returns by Star Wars standards (it pulled in only $23 million in its opening weekend in the US). The original plan had been for the latter two films in the prequel saga to be released back-to-back in...

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