Yes, it does depend on mainstream acceptance--or does it? It is true that only a small percentage of people own HD dispays right now but I am amazed at how that is changing. It's like flat-screen displays--six years ago they were home theater specialty items but now you can't even buy a regualr non-flat CRT television, they simply don't manufacture them anymore, and LCD is quickly replacing CRT as well. HD displays have boomed simply enormously in the last two years or so, and over the next five they will increase even more. Remember HD displays don't mean huge, 50 inch screens, most of them are in the 30 inch zone, which is about standard for middle-class homes these days. My feeling is that by 2010 or 2012, even though SD displays will still outnumber them, HD displays will be common and not a highly-priced specialty item.

As it relates to Star Wars, many people point out that the DVD release was absolutely ridiculously late, and only occured once VHS tapes ceased being manufactured. But I maintain that this bungled and criticized course of action might not necessarily be repeated. Why? Because all six films have already been released in HD! I talk about the much larger percentage of people watching HD by five years from now--but how many people were watching HD broadcasts a year ago? Much, much less, and yet Lucasfilm still allowed all six films to be distributed onto HD broadcast. So, with that in mind, a Blu-ray release, while still farther away than anyone would like, I defintily don't think will follow the DVD timetable. IMO, after HD-DVD is put out of manufacturing in 2008 and Blu-Ray becomes the HD standard, we could have some kind of release by 2010, which would be a nice TV show tie-in if thats when the live-action series commences. Wishful thinking perhaps, but not too unrealistic.