They already did remake the OT, it's called the ST.
Don't remake the entire OT, just ROTJ. Return to the original plan for "nine or ten" films. Vader is not Luke's father. Liea is not Luke's sister or "the other".
In short, ROTJ is no longer the rushed and unsatisfying attempt to wrap up the saga.Then remake the prequels followed by the sequels.
The fact that the rumor of them considering it shows exactly how stupid the idea is: they can't get the new stuff to be hits across the board, so they're considering on remaking it to force a reboot in an attempt to make the new stuff after that work as a result. It's only gonna end in more heartbreak
Just ask the gang who made Rubbercop about how they "remade" the original Robocop...Remaking the OT is the last card they have to play. It will of course fail spectacularly, and then their failure will be complete.
...I would not be opposed if they remade the OT to blend in better with the events of the prequels and these side stories. Us OG's who have had the OT for 40+ years will always have them but connecting the plot dots is finally necessary...
Here's the thing:
They're not gonna remake the original trilogy. Ever.
Why? Because there's zero reason to do so. There's zero artistic reason, and there's zero financial reason. And let's be honest, the financial reason is really the only one that matters.
Ask yourself what the financial case is for remaking the OT. Then consider the demographics involved. Who is the market for a remade OT? Younger fans or older fans? Are we talking kids in their teens and 20s? Or are we talking a bunch of greybearded GenX/Xennials? Because I got news for you: if you're a GenX/Xennial? Your dollars don't matter anymore. Not to Hollywood, anyway. We're over the hill and it makes way more sense to sell stuff to our kids than it does to us specifically.
What would the remade OT be, anyway? The same story but with a younger cast and the latest F/X? Why would anyone do that? The story doesn't matter. Not to the people making these movies, anyway. The story (to them) isn't the selling point. And frankly, the story alone isn't the selling point to any of us, either. For us, it's the whole experience of the actual OT. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, the whole gang, doing their thing like they did in '77, '80, and '83. That's what the greybeards want, anyway.
For the kids, they don't have the attachment to the story. So, you don't really gain anything by redoing it as a recast/reshot/updated-FX version. They're much more likely to be interested in something new than in a retelling of something old.
And if you can't get the kids to show up, then ultimately there's no point in spending the money that'd be necessary to do it. You might as well just reissue a 4K version of the OT and figure you'll get the oldsters buying that instead. Hell, if they'd release an "archival" version of the OT with the original story/FX but presented with proper quality sound and and restored theatrical visuals, I'd buy that in a heartbeat and they could almost name their price.
But redoing the OT? There's no business case for that at all. The people who care about it would hate it for merely existing, and nobody else would care enough to make it worthwhile.
Here's the thing:
They're not gonna remake the original trilogy. Ever.
Why? Because there's zero reason to do so. There's zero artistic reason, and there's zero financial reason. And let's be honest, the financial reason is really the only one that matters.
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But redoing the OT? There's no business case for that at all.