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Post #389184

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thecolorsblend
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Star Wars on Blu in 2011?
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Date created
17-Dec-2009, 11:39 AM

zombie84 said:

LFL has a lot more product than it seems they do:

-CW (CG)

-CG(non-CG)

-Indy IV

-PT

-OT SE

-Radioland Murders

-Young Indy series

-Tucker

-Howard the Duck

-Ewok Adventure

-Ewoks: Battle for Endor

-Droids series

-Ewoks series

-Captain Eo

-Indy trilogy

-More American Graffiti

-OOT

-American Graffiti

-THX 1138 SE

-THX 1138 original

Here's the kicker: they are distributor for none of these. Not one. Lucasfilm isn't a studio and they aren't a distributor, they are just a production company that gets to oversee the films they were involved with. Star Wars is slightly different because they actually own the copyright, but they share none of the marketing, manufacturing and distribution costs there. 

If you look at the track record here, there's not a lot of winners. The Indy DVD set had the films in excellent quality, but poor special features; the THX 1138 DVD had both great picture and features, but it didn't have the original. Young Indy was an interesting set, but it was ridiculously overpriced. Other than that, everything seems to be from pre-existing Laserdisks, except Tucker, Radioland Murders and American Graffiti, both of which have outdated DVDs by now anyway which are basically barebones.

Lucasfilm has the worst track record in DVD. I don't know who manages their DVD department there, but whoever he is he is a total idiot.

I was under the impression that THX 1138 was a Warner Bros film in association with Coppola's American Zoetrope.  Nothing to do with LFL.  That may not be right though.

As for Clone Wars, the Cartoon Network series has already had a DVD release.  The CG thing is, admittedly, fair game.  I've ignored pretty much the CG Clone Wars so I have no idea what the ratings and general consumer interest might be.

As for the other titles you cite, yes, LFL can certainly release them but (aside from maybe AG) those aren't the top tier, guaranteed sellers that SW and Indy are.