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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian)
Newsgroups: net.movies.sw,net.movies,net.sf-lovers,net.video
Subject: Legitimate STAR WARS tapes
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Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 03:15:33 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  6 03:15:33 1984
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The original posting appeared only in net.movies.sw. I took it upon myself to
post this reply to net.movies, net.video, and net.sf-lovers as well. If this
upsets any of you, c'est la vie.

From:	!fluke!ron

> Before we shut down this newsgroup for a while, does
> anyone know anything about the *official*, *legal*
> release of TESB or even ROTJ?...

> ...there was a syndicated story in
> the local newspaper last winter to the effect that
> Lucasfilms (or Lucas?) has decided to *never* 
> release TESB or ROTJ to the disk, video cassette,
> or cable markets.

> So does anyone have reliable information on what the
> status of these 2 films is?

For the record, I had also heard (many years ago) that Lucas did not want to let
the SW movies go to disk/tape/cable, and was upset with 20th Century Fox for
doing so with A NEW HOPE (They had distribution control over that film --- not
so with TESB and ROTJ).
	HOWEVER, the other day, while returning rental tapes to a video store, I
noticed a sign listing THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK as being available in October. I
asked the man at the counter if it'd be only available for rental or for both
rental and sale. He said both. I didn't bother to ask what disk formats it would
be available in, since I haven't a disk player, but I'd assume that it would be
at least on laserdisk. We'll see in October, I guess.

				  --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC Maynard, MA)

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