Star Wars heading to Blu-ray

January 7, 2011 By Ryan Fleming

It is finally official, the entire Star Wars saga will be heading to blu-ray this September.

A long time ago, in a press conference far, far away, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that finally, fans of Star Wars would have another chance to give money to George Lucas. After years of reluctance, the entire Star Wars collection will be released sometime in September.

Amongst the bells and whistles of CES, with 3D technology casting a massive shadow and tablets everywhere you look, Darth Vader was still an impressive enough figure to warrant a full press announcement. The original movie may have been released over 30 years ago, but the force is still strong in the series, and the release on blu-ray has been eagerly anticipated.

The series will be released in three sets, including one set containing the original trilogy, one with the prequel trilogy, and the one set that will rule them all–a nine-disc set containing all six movies. Each trilogy set will run you $69.99, while the uber-set will cost $139.99. An exact date for the release was not given, but pre-orders are being accepted now. No word on if or when the movies will be sold individually.

This marks the definitive Star Wars experience for fans. At least until the films are re-released in 3D at a rate of one a year, beginning in 2012.

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Mucas at 10:49am 8th January 2011 "This marks the _definitive_ Star Wars experience for fans." WRONG Nice article however it fails to mention a critical fact that the "original" trilogy being put on Blu Ray is going to be an even-more-altered version than the "Official 2004 DVD" versions with both intentional and technical glitches Greedo shooting Han (intentional), pointless scene in ANH with a horrible Jabba (intentional), X-Wing fanfare music missing during start of Death Star battle (glitch), Boba Fett's voice ruined in empire (intentional), dialogue between Vader and Emperor altered (intentional); not to mention the color timing that got screwed up: pink lightsabres, crushed blacks, bluish tint in all three movies. (hopefully glitches but with Lucas you never know) At least the horrific prequels can be simply ignored, what is the fan of the original real movies to do on seeing it on blu ray? Even the transfers on the 2006 DVDs were simply a (bad) transfer off LaserDisc. To speak nothing of the damage of the cultural damage Lucas has done with the mythos. For more information see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_S... http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars... And for in-depth analysis on why the prequels should be wiped from existence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI Blame Lucas