Star Wars: A New Hope Is Coming to Cosm's Giant LED Domes in March 2027
The trench run, wrapped all the way around you.
Star Wars: A New Hope is getting a brand new way to watch it for its 50th birthday. Cosm and Disney announced a multi-year, multi-film partnership today, and the first title is A New Hope in Cosm's Shared Reality format, premiering in March 2027, according to Cosm's announcement.
Cosm developed the experience alongside Disney, Lucasfilm, Industrial Light & Magic and the production studio MakeMake, and it will play at Cosm's venues in Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit and Los Angeles.
What is Star Wars: A New Hope in Shared Reality?
Every Cosm venue is built around an enormous 12K+ LED dome. The movie plays in its original 16:9 frame in the center, while the surrounding screen continuously changes to match whatever is happening in the scene.
According to Cosm, that means you will land on Tatooine, watch the destruction of Alderaan, meet the Rebel Alliance on the fourth moon of Yavin and step inside the Death Star. It all builds to flying alongside the Millennium Falcon during the final trench run.
"The Star Wars franchise blazed the trail for cinematic fandom and has been the north star of the entertainment industry since the original film debuted in 1977," said Alexis Scalice, VP and head of Cosm Studios.
Which version of A New Hope will Cosm show?
Cosm says it is the 2019 version of the film, which is the cut Disney+ has streamed since it launched. So this isn't the untouched 1977 theatrical cut. (Yes, that probably means "Maclunkey" on a giant dome.)
If you want the original cut on the big screen, Lucasfilm's 50th anniversary plans already cover that, as we laid out in our Star Wars 50th anniversary breakdown.
When do tickets go on sale?
Cosm hasn't announced an exact March premiere date yet, but tickets go on sale in 2027, and the company is sending updates through its newsletter.
A New Hope will be Cosm's sixth movie in Shared Reality. The company has already run Warner Bros. titles like The Matrix and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and its Universal deal kicks off next month with Shrek, according to ScreenRant. Disney is adding films from its library, too, so this is probably only the first Disney title on the dome.
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My read is that this is a great fit for the movie that started it all. The trench run is the most "you are there" sequence in Star Wars, and wrapping it around an entire dome sounds incredible. I just wish the 50th anniversary version were the 1977 cut, since this is the year to celebrate the original. (Han shot first, and we will keep saying it.)
Would you see A New Hope in a Cosm dome? Tell us in the comments.
