'Star Wars' gets another re-release -- in 3-D

If you've ever wondered what Princess Leia's cinnamon-roll hairdo looks like in three dimensions, you're in luck.

Lucasfilm has announced that it's giving all six "Star Wars" movies another re-release, this time in 3-D. "The Phantom Menace" will be first on the slate, with a release due in 2012, Variety reports.

The company has been hinting for several years that it might do 3-D versions of the saga, and the recent boom in 3-D films led to the announcement late Tuesday (Sept. 28). John Knoll, the visual effects supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic, is overseeing the conversion and tells Variety that "It's not going to look like [other 3-D conversions] we've seen in the past."

One thing the new versions won't contain is more playing around with the original trilogy's visual effects. "Star Wars" mastermind George Lucas updated a number of effects shots for the 1997 re-release of "Star Wars," "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi," to the displeasure of a lot of fans.

Lucasfilm hasn't determined the timing of all six 3-D releases yet. It will depend in part on how quickly the conversion from two dimensions goes.

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