The original Star Wars turns 40 years old this year, and as such fandom is abuzz with rumors of the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy being re-released to celebrate the milestone. Rumor mongering around this particular event is an annual tradition, driving sites to post all manner of click bait, which tends to frustrate a certain breed of Lucasfilm Story Group creative executive.

Well, let’s end the speculation right now! According to our sources, the original unaltered Star Wars will NOT be re-released on Blu-ray this year. But there is a bit of good news! We’ve done some digging and uncovered a list of 10 plausible reasons that explain exactly why it won’t happen this year.

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