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When will the original Star Wars Trilogy come out on Blu-Ray?

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
 September 02, 2009 09:51 PM | view on twitter
Before I read this thread I had no idea Star Wars wasn't available for Blu-Ray, but I guess you learn something new everyday.

I take it Blu-Ray gets this question often, so often its in their official FAQ section.

--quote--
The Star Wars movies have so far not been announced for Blu-ray, however, it is being distributed by Fox which is a Blu-ray supporting studio.
--/quote--

Here is a YouTube video portraying the Blu-Ray drama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v6oRSMUnaw
Source(s):
http://www.blu-ray.com/faq/#star_wars



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jazzlover jazzlover
 
September 02, 2009 08:20 PM | view on twitter
You can sort of pre-order it on Amazon. It isn't available, they don't have a release date and there isn't any info on the page for when it will be available, but if you sign up, you can be notified when it does become available: http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Trilogy-Episodes-IV/dp/B000PMLFRA

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jamesthena... jamesthena...
 
September 02, 2009 08:31 PM | view on twitter
George Lucas owns all the rights and technology and therefore it's pretty cool because it's all his choice as to when it will be released on certain formats. If you start searching Star Wars forums, you'll run into endless threads about conspiracies and rumors about this, most of which cite Lucas saying he's waiting for the right technology and he's not a big Blu-Ray fan. This forum is a good example, it's a couple years old but it gets the point across: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=19200

I don't have the exact reason why, but Star Wars films take longer than most to come out on new formats. They took a while to be available on VHS, then a while to come out on DVD and we still don't have Blu-Ray.

And the answer to your question is that currently there is no Blu-Ray release date. I think there will be one, and you will definitely hear about it when it happens.

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scarlet scarlet
 
September 03, 2009 06:24 AM | view on twitter
A release date hasn't been announced yet. Sign up to Amazon's 1st to Know notification service and be one of the first to know.
Star Wars Trilogy (Blu Ray) Amazon
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Google, Amazon


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goldy goldy
 
September 03, 2009 06:56 AM | view on twitter
never, if they release a blu-ray edition, they will not be of the "original trilogy" they will be the digitally remastered and edited versions.

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tchachra tchachra
 
September 03, 2009 05:18 PM | view on twitter
This question was asked directly to Steve Sansweet, the head of Fan Relations at Lucasfilm at Comic Con in July of 09. Here is a link to the full answer: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2730-Star-Wars-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Star-Wars-on-Bluray

The short answer: in the next several years...a entire Blu-Ray box set with deleted scenes, featured content, etc.
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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2730-Star-Wars-Examiner~y2009m7d29-Star-...


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stokesstp stokesstp
 
September 04, 2009 12:14 AM | view on twitter
As of May 2007, Lucasfilm has no plans to release any of the Star Wars movies on Blu-Ray of HD DVD. According to Ben Patterson: Yahoo! Tech, given how fussy Lucas is about new formats, it could be 2010 at the earliest.

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