No Ultimate Star Wars DVD Boxset In 2007
Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:02 pm
As it is the 30th anniversary of A New Hope, I think many people, including myself, were expecting Lucas to release a boxset with all 6 episodes in it. According to Digital Bits.. this isn't going to happen this year.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#022307"
Personally, I think Lucas dropped the ball with last years release. I'm a hard core Star Wars fan and even I didn't buy it.
http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#022307"
You know that mega-bombad 9-disc Ultimate Star Wars Saga box set that's been in the works for a few years now? The one that was expected to be released later this year to celebrate the 30th Anniversary? Yeah... maybe not so much anymore. We've been hearing from multiple sources now that the folks up at Lucasburg were surprised enough at the lackluster sales of last year's Star Wars Trilogy DVD re-run ("Now with Han shoots first!") that they're afraid they might have gone to the Sarlacc Pit one too many times, so to speak. There's talk apparently that the box set could get delayed a year or two to amp up demand for the films on disc again. Don't know how serious this all is, but that's the word that's blowing in the wind.
I just don't get Team Lucas anymore. They release the same DVDs we all already own last year and try to pull the "Hey, we're doing you all a favor by giving you the special non-anamorphic, zero-effort original versions as a bonus item!" and then they're actually flummoxed when they don't sell. What the REST of us know, is that they didn't sell because they were crap, and because everyone is waiting for the damn box set.
Personally, I think Lucas dropped the ball with last years release. I'm a hard core Star Wars fan and even I didn't buy it.