In a statement accompanying the announcement, Henri Mazza, Alamo Drafthouse vp, special events, said that it's "always been a dream to show the original Star Wars trilogy again — somehow, someway. Seeing the original trilogy on the big screen for the first time is a real life-altering event and just a supreme amount of fun. When the films became available to book for screenings like these, we jumped at the chance to do something big."

(For the curious, the editions being screened are not the original theater releases, but the 1997 "Special Edition" versions.)

Locations already booked for the road show include San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Dallas, Austin, Boston and Philadelphia, with more cities to be added. Tickets for the events will, fittingly, be available online May 4 — or, as fans know it, Star Wars Day.