Star Wars expanded to other media
Although the "Star Wars" film series itself has never been rebooted, a decision was made, due to works set after the original trilogy that contradict and deviate from Lucas' own view of the "Star Wars" story, to discard the "EU" works from the franchise canon. Lucas decided to cease creative involvement after selling, in October 2012, the "Star Wars" franchise as well as Lucasfilm (the production company of "Star Wars") to The Walt Disney Company. When Disney began development of a sequel trilogy of films and other works, and needed its films to have full creative freedom unbound by the "EU", nearly all "EU" works were removed from "Star Wars" franchise canon and rebranded as "Star Wars Legends". (The two 2008 "EU" works which remained in canon were and its .)
Star Wars (film)
In 2010, George Lucas announced that all six previously released "Star Wars" films would be scanned and transferred to 3D, with a corresponding theatrical release. "" was the first of these films and saw its theatrical release in 2012. However, due to "", Lucas delayed the releases of the rest of the saga. While both "" and "" 3D versions were screened at the 2013 and 2015 "Star Wars" Celebration, Lucas never released the original trilogy in 3D before Disney bought the franchise in December 2012.