This doesn't seem to have been widely reported, as far as can be
seen on any of the regular sites I've looked at, so I thought I'd
put it on the groups...

It doesn't looks like we'll be getting any STAR WARS SAGA ULTIMATE
BOX SET DVDs for the anniversary year (though don't rule out some
kind of DVD release-as hinted at in the HASBRO toy press release
recently). My good friend Chris Baker sent this to me from an
article he saw on THE DIGITAL BITS.

This post from Bill Hunt (the digital bits.com)

2/23/07

Well... we've got some new info that may crash your Astro droid's
OS. And no, we aren't out punking Padawans with this.

You know that mega-bombad 9-disc Ultimate Star Wars Saga box set
that's been in the works for a few years now? The one that was
expected to be released later this year to celebrate the 30th
Anniversary? Yeah... maybe not so much anymore. We've been hearing
from multiple sources now that the folks up at Lucasburg were
surprised enough at the lackluster sales of last year's Star Wars
Trilogy DVD re-run ("Now with Han shoots first!") that they're
afraid they might have gone to the Sarlacc Pit one too many times,
so to speak. There's talk apparently that the box set could get
delayed a year or two to amp up demand for the films on disc again.
Don't know how serious this all is, but that's the word that's
blowing in the wind.

I just don't get Team Lucas anymore. They release the same DVDs we
all already own last year and try to pull the "Hey, we're doing you
all a favor by giving you the special non-anamorphic, zero-effort
original versions as a bonus item!" and then they're actually
flummoxed when they don't sell. What the REST of us know, is that
they didn't sell because they were crap, and because everyone is
waiting for the damn box set.

Interestingly, New York Comic Con kicks off today, but it doesn't
look like the Steve Sansweet dog and pony show is going to be there,
or I'd say that people should raise the box set question with him.
Hey... Stephen Colbert's going to be there in a couple hours though
(3PM Eastern), so somebody ask him if we're ever going to get a Tek
Jansen DVD.

Anyway, WonderCon happens in a couple weeks up in San Francisco, but
I don't see that Sansweet will be there either. Probably the first
place we'll get the real skinny straight from the minions will be at
Star Wars Celebration IV here in L.A. in May. We'll see.

Ugh. I hate being the guy who has to bring you frustrating Star Wars
DVD news, but it seems like it happens EVERY damn year. Please don't
Force choke the messenger. I'm feeling a bit like Captain Needa
these days...

Of course you know, many Bothans died to bring you this information

What do you all think about this? Any speculation on what kind of
DVD we might get for 2007?

Regards,

SCOTT