Hey folks, I know some of you could care less about THE PHANTOM MENACE's eventual release on DVD, but for geeks like me (and quite a few others) we legitimately really care about this, and plead with Master Lucas to make it be so. Here's the latest rundown....

Harry & Friends,

Lucasfilm is going with TECHNICOLOR to handle the VHS release of SW:Ep1 instead of the company DELUXE which usually handles Fox releases. Why should we care? Well there is speculation that this brings us closer to the possibilty of a DVD release in the near future.

"However, others suspect Lucasfilms engineered the transfer and that DVD replication was a key factor. "Lucas is looking for an integrated supplier," an observer notes.

The producer-director hasn’t committed any of the "Star Wars" titles to DVD. But his caution may be evaporating as the installed base of players tops 4 million and vaults toward 10 million to 12 million by 2001."

Click here for the full article ol' chap:

VideoStoreMag.Com

Darth Siskel

Alrighty... meanwhile Mr. It Doesn't Matter What My Name Is, sent in this heads up about a posting over at Newsaskew about the Star Wars Episode One DVD rumors...

Newsaskew.com is reporting that on 1/4, Big George will announce a DVD release for Star Wars set for April 4. Dogma will come out on the 11th. Rumor has it TPM will be just that will a special edition disk coming in about a year.

It Doesn't Matter what my Name is