Time Out features an interesting Q&A with George Lucas in which he talks about piracy, the Episode III DVD, altering the prequels, Star Wars movies online and the six-box DVD set everyone's waiting for. Here are excerpts from a couple of the questions he answered:

Is piracy the single biggest threat to your industry then?

Definitely. I'm glad I'm getting out while I can because it's not going to be the same in the next few years. I don't know how they'll survive, to be very honest with you. If it wasn't for DVD there would be no theatrical film industry, and as DVD gets whittled away by piracy, there won't be any income so you are going to see smaller and smaller movies and eventually something else will take its place. I don't know what ? maybe direct to video.

What can we expect from the future of 'Star Wars' on DVD?

Well a lot of it depends on the medium. You've got to remember that when 'Star Wars' came out there wasn't even VHS. There wasn't anything, it was a whole different world. We are releasing 'Episode III' at Christmas, though I'm not sure when the six-pack will come out. We may wait until we can do it high-def, that's been discussed. And it's hard to know what the next level is. Eventually it's all going to go online, there's no question of that.

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