Originally posted by: zombie84
Well, despite Lucas' "I would personally destroy every copy" mantra, he was planning on releasing it on video in the 1980's. At a 1987 10th anniversary celebration someone asked him about the Holiday Special and he said something to the effect of "I think we're going to be releasing it on video this year", so something like this is not outside the realm of possibility.
That's a great quote! What was the source for this... video footage of the 10th Anniversary or someone who was there? (i.e., can we actually trace this quote to a hard copy?)Well, despite Lucas' "I would personally destroy every copy" mantra, he was planning on releasing it on video in the 1980's. At a 1987 10th anniversary celebration someone asked him about the Holiday Special and he said something to the effect of "I think we're going to be releasing it on video this year", so something like this is not outside the realm of possibility.
Incidentally, that quote attributed to Lucas about personally destroying every copy of the HS makes for a great anecdote, but there's no actual known proof that he said this. This was something Steve Sansweet apparently claimed Lucas said, while Steve was speaking at an Australian convention... which may be an exaggeration. I have no doubt Lucas may have said something similar, though.
--SKot