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Star Wars EP1 On DVD Confirmed By Lucas

Posted by Hemos on from the back-and-forth-back-and-forth dept.

Bigmell was one of several people to write about a phone call George Lucas made to KROQ Radio in Los Angeles. Ain't-it-cool-news also had a piece running with the same information. In any case, it looks like a DVD is being worked on, with a September release date. Bonus material includes unfinished scenes from Episodes 4-6. Harry @ aintitcool also had a release date of Sept 12.

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  1. Feature Request... by Paranoid+Diatribe · · Score: 5
    I want a menu option to view the movie without Jar-Jar.

    And to think everyone pooh-poohed the petition!

  2. Re:hmm... by SgtPepper · · Score: 5

    The Boycot MPAA page specifically lists LucasFilm Ltd as being a "freezone" film house. Because SUPRISE if you do some research you'd know that LucasFilms Ltd is NOT, yes NOT, a member of the MPAA. So why boycott them?

  3. Completely Outrageous by ecampbel · · Score: 5
    This move by Lucas is motivated purely by greed. He tells everyone that a DVD will not be released for 4-5 years and that we should all go out and buy the VHS copy bsecause he needed time to create the perfect DVD. Now, after all of his fans have bought the VHS version of his movie, he is now saying that a DVD will made. This is completely outrageous, and no one should buy this version.

    Many people believed Lucas, and bought the VHS version under the false impression that a DVD version was not forthcoming. What Lucas should be required to do is offer all the poor saps who bought the VHS version an option to upgrade their copy to the superior DVD format.

    I imagine that in 4-5 years Lucas is going to come out with a special edition DVD/VHS box set with all Star Wars movies. This means that if you listen to the marketing machine at Lucas films, and bought all of the versions of his Star Wars movies you'll have
    • 3 copies of each of Episode's 4-6 (the regular edition, the special edition, and the DVD/VHS Episodes 1-6 special edition).
    • 3 copies of the Phantom Menace (the VHS version, the DVD version, and the DVD/VHS Episodes 1-6 special edition)
    • 2 copies of Episode's 2 and 3 (the regular DVD/VHS version, and the DVD/VHS Episodes 1-6 special edition).

    If I did my addition and multiplication right, it means you'll have bought 16 copies of the various Star Wars movies for a total price of of at least $400. Pretty amazing.
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