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Post #1334522

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darklordoftech
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Was Lucas intially against Star Wars being released on any format besides theatrical?
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Date created
10-Apr-2020, 6:02 PM

Did Lucas initially want Star Wars to return to the theaters every seven years and not be viewable any other way? I’ve seen Lucas quoted as saying, “Star Wars will never be on home video.” If this is true, I suspect that as VHS took off, movie studios stopped theatrical re-releases, so Fox said to Lucas, “Either we release Star Wars on VHS or nobody ever sees Star Wars again”, and then Lucas relented.