Revenge of the Sith leaked online

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Pirate copies of Revenge of The Sith have appeared on the internet
The final Star Wars film has been leaked on to an internet file-sharing network just hours after the movie opened in cinemas.

A "work print copy" of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith with a time code, rather than the finished version, appeared online on Thursday.

A tracker site showed more than 16,000 people were downloading the film.

Makers Lucasfilm Ltd and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) were not available for comment.

The leak comes as Star Wars fans enjoyed the widest simultaneous global movie release of all time.

Worldwide release

The film, the last instalment in George Lucas' six-film, 27-year saga, will be in cinemas in more than 100 countries by Friday, according to industry publication Screen Daily.

In the US and UK, fans queued to be the first to see it at screenings at one minute past midnight on Thursday.

Some 18,700 prints are in cinemas around the world - including 9,700 distributed to 3,700 North American theatres.

Hayden Christensen
Anakin turns to the dark side in the final film

The film, which completes the story of how Darth Vader was born, came out in a handful of countries on Wednesday with most of the world getting to see it on Thursday.

More countries follow on Friday. Japan and South Korea are the only major markets where fans will have to wait longer, Screen Daily said.

Fans dressed as the film's characters as they queued for hours - or even days and weeks - for the first screenings.

A US consulting firm has calculated the film's release could cost $627m (£342m) in lost productivity.

The previous five Star Wars films have made a total of $3.8bn (£2bn) at box offices worldwide.

Piracy clampdown

Meanwhile, DVD pirates are preparing to flood the market with illegal copies of the film, UK authorities said.

Star Wars fans in Hamburg, Germany
Fans in Hamburg, Germany, dressed up for the first screening

Sleeves for pirate copies of the film and discs with director George Lucas' introduction have been seized in London.

The Star Wars leak comes after the first episode of the latest Doctor Who series appeared on the internet on March 7, three weeks before the series started on BBC One.

The BBC did not provide details about the individual responsible for the leak who was sacked two weeks later, saying only that the person worked for a "third-party company in Canada".
 
where do people find this stuff thats what i want to know its not like you can just type in pirate copys and bobs your uncle its there : spank :
 
my m8 went picture's last night

(special screening) took a cam corder with him, got the lot

was watching it in me dinner hour today, how sad is that...?......

its amazing how peeps will go to so much length to do things like this..............
 
that's feckin shocking imagine people doing things like that.

watch out for raids in markets this week-end already hit one in glasgow today.
five minutes later more copies were on sale.
 
seen that work copy thurday morning and its crap plus there's a cam version out. I wouldn't recommend anyone buying them no matter how much they like Starwars it will ruin the expieraince
 
i will wait for it until its on dvd in the shops.
you seem to only have to wait a few months now from when its on the cinema before you can get it on dvd
but this one may be a bit longer i guess if its doing well at the box office.
 
its shocking init, watched it yesterday a cracking film i must say, have to watch the rest again now i think
 
Give it a few months and the whole lot will be out in a boxset :)
 
I think most people can own up to watching a pirate at some stage or other but there are some films you should just not ruin. a film like starwars can only be appreciated to its full on the big screen. well thats what i think anyway! :Jester:
 
countryboy said:
ive a screener version here its perfect only thing is a dam clock along the top ...

You must have some really bad movies if you think thats good. Oh and its not a screener its a work print ;)
 
Sao Paulo said:
You must have some really bad movies if you think thats good. Oh and its not a screener its a work print ;)

So whats the differance?
 
Paul-K said:
So whats the differance?

Workprint is work in progress (not seen a good quility one yet) a dvdscreener is something like is dvd quality but may give warnings of not to copy etc. They mainly go out to judges (awards) and press for publicity
 
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