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Rumoured DVD Release of Episode One in April, 2000

Posted by Hemos on from the rumour-mill-rumour-mill dept.

danimal wrote with news for the Star Wars buffs: From the NewsAskew site comes the tidbit that Star Wars Episode I DVD will be coming out in April of 2000. It's a tip from an anonymous source, but the official announcement is supposed to be coming Jan. 4 from the Lucas man himself. The announcement is midway down the NewsAskew page.

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  1. Not from what I hear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5

    I work in a fairly high-level position with a large video retailer, and all the major retail chains have been notified by Fox on Monday/Tuesday that it will be released on VHS only on 4/4/00 - with a Widescreen edition only being available as part of a Star Wars Gift Pack. DVD? Lucas says "no way" until there are *at least* 10 million DVD players in consumer's homes in the U.S. What's the current date Fox is quoting? 2006.

    1. Re:Not from what I hear by Randy+Rathbun · · Score: 4

      Now, where the hell are people getting this "GL says not until x number of players" thing? When all this Star Wars on DVD stuff started way back when, it was "GL and SS are not releasing stuff until there are one million players!" Then it was two million. Then five million. Now it is ten million? My guess is that in a month and a half the number will be raised to 15 million.

      In other words, the rumors have been bunk so far, and until there is a press release posted by Fox on their website, they will continue to be bunk.