Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
According to a post on the Star Wars board on IMDB, Lucas said this:
It is illegal to profit from Star Wars without having a licensing agreement from Lucasfilm. Obviously, we have a hard time enforcing this overseas with people selling pirated Star Wars DVDs. The reason we had to finally release the old films on DVD was because of all the illegal pirating going on. We were afraid that if we waited any longer the pirates would completely saturate and take the DVD market away from us.
Anyone know if he really said this.
According to a post on the Star Wars board on IMDB, Lucas said this:
It is illegal to profit from Star Wars without having a licensing agreement from Lucasfilm. Obviously, we have a hard time enforcing this overseas with people selling pirated Star Wars DVDs. The reason we had to finally release the old films on DVD was because of all the illegal pirating going on. We were afraid that if we waited any longer the pirates would completely saturate and take the DVD market away from us.
Anyone know if he really said this.
Not sure, but that's the exact same thing GL said in 2004 when people asked him why he was releasing the OT (SE) ahead of schedule. Who ever it was on IMDB might just be reading an interview from 2004...or maybe not.