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crissrudd4554 said:
TV's Frink said:
I hope it's true just so the thread title is wrong.
Even if it's true, I highly doubt they're coming in 2015 especially if the steelbooks for the SEs were already released this year.
Before this story broke I agreed, but now that I'm thinking of it as an actual possibility instead of a hypothetical I'm not so sure. I figure the level of excitement about Star Wars among the general public is probably going to be the absolute highest it ever will be during these next few months. Even if The Force Awakens is a masterpiece beyond everyone's wildest expectations, even if the franchise has a long and healthy life at Disney, nothing's ever going to compare to the anticipation for this first movie after such a long drought. I think if Disney releases this just before TFA, they're going to make a lot more money than if they hold off a couple of years, just because enthusiasm will have waned by then. The same population of diehards is going to buy it whenever it comes out, but now is probably the best time to get casual viewers interested. And besides, by that point they'll have a few of their own films to repackage. I kind of have to think if we're going to get any significant re-releases of old material, it's going to come before Disney generates too much of its own content. I've also got to think Fox would be interested in doing this while they still own all three films. This is probably all just rationalization, but eh. A guy can dream.