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LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
This should come as no surprise to any one. The only odd thing is that they specifically state HD DVD along with BD when this will be a Fox release.
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Lucasfilm Ltd. has no plans to release any of the Star Wars movies on Blu-ray or HD DVD. Listings on Amazon.com or any other Web site are purely speculative and erroneous."
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05-21-2007, 03:17 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
I imagine if Lucas said "I want these out on HD DVD", Fox would do it. They probably don't have the home video license forever, and what's the use of giving Lucas a reason to take them to Paramount or Universal? (Also: Annoying a multi-billionaire who owns a huge share of the industry's top FX house and recording/mixing stage is probably also not a good idea)
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05-21-2007, 03:18 PM
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Douglas Monce
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
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Originally Posted by ppltd
This should come as no surprise to any one. The only odd thing is that they specifically state HD DVD along with BD when this will be a Fox release.
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Lucasfilm has the clout to dictate what formats these films will be released on no matter who is releasing them. They could tell fox to release on both formats and it would happen. Obviously they are dictating NO high def format at this point.
Doug
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05-21-2007, 03:21 PM
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Douglas Monce
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
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I imagine if Lucas said "I want these out on HD DVD", Fox would do it. They probably don't have the home video license forever, and what's the use of giving Lucas a reason to take them to Paramount or Universal? (Also: Annoying a multi-billionaire who owns a huge share of the industry's top FX house and recording/mixing stage is probably also not a good idea)
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There was talk before the first prequels were released that Lucas might take them to another studio because the Fox contract was up. I don't know how seriously he considered that if at all.
He doesn't just own a part of ILM and Skywalker Sound, he owns them out right. They are not publicly traded companies.
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05-21-2007, 04:22 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
I thought as much, but I didn't want to be called wrong if they had minority investors that I didn't know about. The point stands - there's no good that can come of getting on George Lucas's shit list.
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05-21-2007, 04:27 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
This was to be exspected and I am not one bit suprised! I wonder how long Lucas will make everyone wait? Its not like Lucas is waiting to put out another 3 Star Wars films before he releases them in HD. Or is he waiting for Fox to start offering Dolby True HD? I am sure he will never offer Star Wars in DTS-HD Master Audio even though thats what Fox is supporting for the time being. You would think he would want to make as much money of HD as soon as possilbe. I guess sense Lucas has so much money the wishes of the fans mean very little to Lucas. I would not be suprised if summer of 09 rolls around and there is no sign of Star Wars in HD! 
Well all we need to do is firure out if Lucas is a MS supporter or a Sony supporter?
There is no doubt that when released the audio will be Dolby True HD and not LPCM or DTS-HD Master Audio.
I feel that Star Wars is one of the films that would help drive HD sales.
IMHO movies that would help drive sales of HD players:
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Lord Of The Rings
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05-21-2007, 04:32 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
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This was to be exspected and I am not one bit suprised! I wonder how long Lucas will make everyone wait?
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I think at the moment Lucas is busy with the 2 or 3 Star Wars TV shows he is working on. There are rumors of Star Wars TV movies or a mini series too.
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05-21-2007, 04:38 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
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This should come as no surprise to any one. The only odd thing is that they specifically state HD DVD along with BD when this will be a Fox release.
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I wouldn't read too much into that. The question was probably asked if Star Wars would arrive on either HD format and it was answered in kind.
I don't think even Lucas could boss Fox into going format neutral. Unless he had distribution rights to 3 more Star Wars films to blackmail them with. For now, Fox has little to gain from him.
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05-21-2007, 04:44 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
Fox only distibrutes the Star Wars movies. The movies and everything around them is owned 100% by Lucasarts. The reason that Lucas don't want to release Star Wars on HD right now is because the installbase for HD is too small, and he wants a more definite winner. And if Lucas were to release Star WArs on HD-DVD at this point or use TrueHD he could no matter what affiliation Fox has, and Fox would have released them
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05-21-2007, 04:50 PM
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Re: LucasFilms says no Star Wars on BD or HD DVD in the near future.
I doubt Lucas could tell Fox what format to support for other films, but Lucas can release Star Wars on whatever format he chooses.
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