SUBMITTED BY Fred Hill
August 29, 2005 — For those of you who don't own a DVD player yet and can't until until Nov. 1 to get your own copy of Revenge of the Sith, it is time to upgrade. This will be the first Star Wars movie not to come out as a VHS release.
Those consumers still stuck in the VHS era will get a new shove toward DVD this fourth quarter.
20th Century Fox and LucasFilm will release Star Wars: Episode IIIRevenge of the Sith, expected to be one of the seasons 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...
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