Variety.com reports that Spike TV has won the bidding war for the rights to air all six Star Wars films starting in April 2008.

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Spike TV has engineered the biggest movie purchase in the net's 22-year history, ponying up between $65 million and $70 million for a six-year exclusive deal covering all six of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars" movies. NBC Universal's USA Network and Sci Fi Channel and Turner BroadcastingTurner Broadcasting's TBS and TNT were in the bidding, helping to drive the price up much higher than the initial estimate four months ago, which put the George Lucas space operas at about $50 million.

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