Posted by Tim Payne on 07/12/06 19:40

Rumour squashed - mistake on Fox France's part. See same site...

"Goro" <evilninjax@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >From Digital Bits:http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents
>
> And here's a little something that's very interesting: Our friend
> Arnaud Calistri, who runs the DVDRama.com website in France, e-mailed
> me yesterday to say that Fox France has confirmed with him that the
> original versions of the Star Wars films to be released on DVD there
> will be in anamorphic widescreen (enhanced for widescreen 16x9 TVs). As
> many of you know, they were announced for release here in the States
> and elsewhere in non-anamorphic (letterboxed) widescreen only, causing
> a furor among fans (and rightly so). This news, if true, means one of
> two things: Either Lucasfilm quickly got their act together when fans
> complained and created new anamorphic masters for the DVD release
> everywhere (and it just hasn't been announced here in the States yet),
> or France is getting better DVDs that the rest of the world. If they
> DID get their act together, expect Lucasfilm's fan relations guru,
> Steve Sansweet, to make a massive deal about it the company's Star Wars
> panel at Comic-Con next week. If they DIDN'T get their act together,
> and France IS getting better discs, expect fans to make a massive deal
> about it. We'll ask all the right people to see if we can find out the
> truth of the matter. Of course, we'll let you know.
>
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>
> hmm.. makes it marginally more likely that i'll buy them...
>
> -goro-
>

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