I was at the Star Wars panel at the San Diego comic con. One of the head Lucas guys was there (I think he was the head Lucas guy) He stated that DVD would not even be considered as a format until after the next film was released and then probably only when Lucas felt he had produced a complete set suitable for release (all films). If you track someone else down who was there they should be able to confirm. This isn't rumor it is fact (he wouldn't have annouced it to a couple thousand people include many important print media people if it wasn't the 100% truth, and he had to repeat it several time because people were upset). This was mid summer though so plans could have changed since then but I doubt it. Considering how picky Lucas seems to be about this stuff don't hold your breath.
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They announced it at the San Diego Comic Con also. And you don't annouce there unless you mean it so...
I was at the Star Wars panel at the San Diego comic con. One of the head Lucas guys was there (I think he was the head Lucas guy) He stated that DVD would not even be considered as a format until after the next film was released and then probably only when Lucas felt he had produced a complete set suitable for release (all films). If you track someone else down who was there they should be able to confirm. This isn't rumor it is fact (he wouldn't have annouced it to a couple thousand people include many important print media people if it wasn't the 100% truth, and he had to repeat it several time because people were upset). This was mid summer though so plans could have changed since then but I doubt it. Considering how picky Lucas seems to be about this stuff don't hold your breath.