Scooch over those eight other Blu-rays or DVDs. It’s time for the Skywalker Saga to fill up that last slot on the shelf…well, unless you buy the giant nine-film box set version instead, that is.
StarWars.com has just announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will receive its home release next month, arriving first digitally before releasing on Blu-ray and DVD. Here’s a new trailer for a film that has been out for two months, which is always weird, but hey, at least it’s got some snippets of big moments from the movie we hadn’t been able to see out of theatres yet, like the surprise return of Han Solo, Luke’s Force Ghost, and the fabled lightsaber of Leia Organa, Jedi Knight.
The release will include several bonus featurettes, covering everything from the creation of D-O, the movie’s cute new droid buddy, to the filming of the speeder chase sequence on Pasaana, and perhaps most interestingly of all”given the…let’s diplomatically say drama that has swirled around Rise since its release”The Skywalker Legacy, a feature-length documentary about the making of the film.
Also revealed were several special editions of the home release, available in Blu-ray or 4K UHD formats. Some stores will receive special versions of the film with exclusive steelbook cases or box art, but the real treat is a brand new box set of all nine Skywalker Saga films.
Exclusive to Best Buy in the U.S. and containing 4K UHD, Blu-Ray, and HD Digital versions of all nine Star Wars episodes”most of which are releasing in UHD for the very first time”the collector’s edition set also includes 26 hours of bonus content, and an “exclusive letter” penned by Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. It’s currently unknown if this version is coming to Australia.
Regardless of how much Rise may or may not have made you want to contemplate good, sometimes, when it’s not bad. Sometimes even when it is!
The Rise of Skywalker releases digitally in the U.S. March 17, and on Blu-ray and DVD March 31. It does not currently have a confirmed Australian release date.