VCR
owners that are not in possesion of a DVD player may feel a ripple in the
"Force" when they get wind of the fact that Star Wars: Episode III'”Revenge of
the Sith will not be available on tape!
 20th
Century Fox and LucasFilm will release Star Wars: Episode III'”Revenge of
the Sith, expected to be one of the season's top sellers, on DVD only.
Star Wars will be the first major new release to skip VHS, some say a move
that is unsurprising because of its heavy DVD audience.
Distribution sources said recent Star Wars
releases have seen heavy VHS returns from retailers unable to sell off the
tapes. LucasFilm and Fox declined to comment other than to confirm that
there would be no VHS version.
Buena Vista Home Entertainment has been
the most aggressive studio to do away with VHS releases. The studio will
skip VHS for Dark Water, The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Herbie:
Fully Loaded and retailers and distributors say the studio has told them
that it will cut VHS altogether early next
year. |
This kind of reminds me of when I finally had to break
down and buy a CD player, as all the new music was coming out on optical rather
than vinyl. As Darth Vader would say: "Who's your daddy?" or maybe it was "Luke,
I am your father." No matter, the VHS is on it's last legs and this just
throws gas on the funeral pire.
Source: Video Business
