Spike TV has laid out somewhere north of $60 million for the television rights to all six Star Wars films, beginning in 2008. The deal will allow the network to be the only cable outlet for the three recent prequel installments, as well as the new home for the original trilogy, for six years. As the article states, the original trilogy has been on various cable outlets before, but having the whole package lets them bundle the entire saga and promote it with marathons and other special airings. Star Wars saga gets Spike-d
Spike TV has laid out somewhere north of $60 million for the television rights to all six Star Wars films, beginning in 2008. The deal will allow the network to be the only cable outlet for the three recent prequel installments, as well as the new home for the original trilogy, for six years. As the article states, the original trilogy has been on various cable outlets before, but having the whole package lets them bundle the entire saga and promote it with marathons and other special airings. 
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10-19-2005 @ 3:10PM
Mike said...
Ummm... I think you mean "Star Wars SAGA gets Spike-d"... I'm expecting an article about Obi-Wan getting impaled or Yoda getting wasted on High School Prom punch.
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10-19-2005 @ 4:00PM
Andy Poon said...
It's a typo, dude. Settle down.
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10-19-2005 @ 4:42PM
Mike said...
Okay. Settled now. Thanks for the calming influence, Poon. I was really flying off the handle there. I don't know what got into me. One second I was trying to be funny, the next I was practically ripping people's heads off in a glorious rampage.
Oh wait. That second part never happened. So, on second thought, you settle down. It was just a small editorial comment with a little humor thrown in. Nothing more.
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10-19-2005 @ 4:47PM
Chris Thilk said...
I deny this was a mistake and instead point to the liberal commentators who are out of control and want to criminalize the writing process.
--Chris
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10-19-2005 @ 4:57PM
Keith McDuffee said...
Ah screw it, it was bugging me so I fixed it.
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10-20-2005 @ 3:18PM
Andy Poon said...
and fun was had by all :)
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10-24-2005 @ 7:55PM
Adam D. Hall said...
Do you suppose Spike TV will air the DVD version of the classic "Star Wars" trilogy, as well as the prequels, by 2008?
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