The scores for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and Episode VI: Return of the Jedi—“The Star Wars Original Trilogy”—are not just music - they are an integral part of film history that should be passed on to future generations in their most complete form.

Previous expanded soundtrack albums created for the Star Wars Original Trilogy have fallen behind modern restoration standards; the 1997 RCA 2-CD Special Edition sets are plagued with sound quality issues, while the better-sounding earlier 1993 Anthology box set doesn't represent every cue from the sessions.

Veteran soundtrack producer and frequent Williams collaborator Mike Matessino has been involved in countless expanded score albums, including 2-disc La-La-Land Records releases for Williams' Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, as well as two highly acclaimed recent expanded score albums: a 5-disc album for Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound Of Music and a 3-disc album for Williams' Hook, the latter which features much-sought-after cut songs that many thought would never see the light of day.

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If given the chance to work on Star Wars with the restoration technology available today, sound quality will no longer be an issue for Star Wars' scores.  His involvement guarantees that these recordings will sound every bit as good as they possibly can. This level of meticulous care is what our beloved Star Wars scores deserve.

This a matter of preserving some of the most important soundtracks written to some of the most influential and beloved movies in film history, for future generations.

Please sign this petition to urge The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Records, and Lucasfilm to hire Mike Matessino and give us remastered, expanded, definitive versions of our beloved classic Star Wars scores!