Release Date

[Dave]

I'm not sure this is news, because Lucas said last year that it would have a 'weekend before American Memorial Day 2005' release date, but this just appeared on SciFi Wire:

Episode III Release Date Set

Star Wars: Episode III will be released in the United States and Canada on May 19, 2005, according to a statement on the official Starwars.com Web site. The statement added that Episode III would be released on or about May 19 in most countries around the globe.

Starwars.com further noted, however, that Episode would reach Japan in July 2005, as has been the custom with the previous Star Wars pictures. Likewise, the May 2005, North American release follows tradition, as all of the previous Star Wars films, from A New Hope to Attack of the Clones, were released in May.

What is interesting is that it looks like the UK and Europe won't have to wait until the Summer for it. May is not a normal time to release big films here, but a 'Star Wars' film isn't going to suffer, and it will prevent all the downloading of internet files and spoiling that occurs when we get later releases. The 'Matrix Revolutions' was released worldwide on the same day and it was painless.

[timdgreat]

cool, thanks for the info dave, even if it is a long time to wait:rolly2: