Originally posted by: trip42
thedigitalbits confirmed it as well
from http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents again:
"We've got some more interesting standard DVD news to report today, starting with a follow-up on that French Star Wars DVD controversy we mentioned the other day. We've gotten a follow-up e-mail from our friend Arnaud at DVDRama in France. He's actually had the chance to see, with his own two eyes, the new Star Wars DVDs being released there, and it turns out Fox France was wrong. Someone in marketing over there apparently still doesn't know what anamorphic means. The special edition versions of the films on Disc One of each set are anamorphic, but the original theatrical editions on Disc Two of each are definitely NOT anamorphic. They're just letterboxed widescreen as we expected. Fox France has apparently apologized for the confusion, and we definitely appreciate Arnaud's efforts in confirming the truth of the situation. So to sum up, France is getting the same sub-par Star Wars DVDs as the rest of us. 'Nuff said."
To emphasize the positive aspects of this obviously disappointing (but not entirely surprising) news, let me say this: at least we have drawn some more attention to the core problem. The fact that there was this much stir over the possibility that an anamorphic version might be released in France just adds fuel to the fire of our cause, because both Fox and LFL have been forced to take notice and respond to it. The awareness continues to be increased. We should continue to voice our dissatisfaction until our request for a decent and worthy transfer of the original unaltered trilogy is finally taken more seriously.thedigitalbits confirmed it as well
from http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents again:
"We've got some more interesting standard DVD news to report today, starting with a follow-up on that French Star Wars DVD controversy we mentioned the other day. We've gotten a follow-up e-mail from our friend Arnaud at DVDRama in France. He's actually had the chance to see, with his own two eyes, the new Star Wars DVDs being released there, and it turns out Fox France was wrong. Someone in marketing over there apparently still doesn't know what anamorphic means. The special edition versions of the films on Disc One of each set are anamorphic, but the original theatrical editions on Disc Two of each are definitely NOT anamorphic. They're just letterboxed widescreen as we expected. Fox France has apparently apologized for the confusion, and we definitely appreciate Arnaud's efforts in confirming the truth of the situation. So to sum up, France is getting the same sub-par Star Wars DVDs as the rest of us. 'Nuff said."
--SKot