SW I or SW VII?

[Landon C. Noll]

at USENIX, some Lucasfilm folks were being asked (as im sure they get
asked too many times...) about the next movie. anyway the Lucasfilm
people correctly did not respond. but one of the persons doing the
asking was saying that the next film might be SW VII and not SW I.
anyone know about this matter? please post to net.movies.sw.

chongo <im already waiting in line for tickets...> /\zz/\

[Ken Varnum]

[Ron Pankiewicz]

Before we shut down this newsgroup for a while, does
anyone know anything about the *official*, *legal*
release of TESB or even ROTJ? Rumor had it that
someone had run a large batch of TESB videodisks
(RCA format) for Lucasfilms or 20-cents Fox last
spring. Suppossedly these were to be released
some time this summer.

'Star Wars -A New Hope' was apparently the biggest
selling videodisk to date. Since RCA has stopped
making disk players, it would seem anyone wanting
to still tap this market would get their disks
up for sale before the installed base of players
wears out...

On the other hand, 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. They expect to make more $$$$
over the long term by re-releasing 'em every few
years just to the movie theaters, for the next
generation of kiddies (and those of us who never
grow up)... This is exactly what Disney does
with their premier feature-length cartoons (e.g.
Snow White).

So does anyone have reliable information on what the
status of these 2 films is? Where can we obtain a
printout of Lucasfilms' battleplans??

[Steve Upstill]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Lucas decided to hold his movies out of
the home market. He made both films with his own money, unlike Star Wars,
so has total control over their distribution. Unlike Star Wars.

[John Thomas]

Usually accurate sources suggest later this year for TESB on LV.