image courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Star Wars: A New Hope took the world by storm when it was released in 1977, playing in theaters and capturing the hearts and minds of every demographic for a year straight. Then, three years later, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back came along and showed itself to be one of the greatest sequels ever […] The post 44 Years Ago Today, Star Wars Got the Update Fans Had Been Waiting Years For (And It Started A Lot of Controversy) appeared first on ComicBook.com .