At this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration V, director/creator George Lucas announced that next year, the entire Star Wars saga will be hitting Blu-ray. The set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films, with the highest picture and audio quality, along with extensive special features. Sadly, Lucas has also confirmed that the original (Han Shot First) versions will not be included on the discs.
The discs will include never-before-seen deleted scenes, including one scene from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi that he premiered at Celebration with the help of a Jedi Knight (Mark Hamill) that you can watch in the embed below. The video of the entire main event at Celebration V in-which Jon Stewart (The Daily Show) interviews the man himself, Mr. George Lucas is included in the playlist below and the deleted scene can be found in part 8.
Star Wars Celebration V: George Lucas and Jon Stewart Main Event Interview
Videos courtesy TFN and WhatJayneSays
For the First Time Ever, the Force Will Be with You on Blu-ray! Highly Anticipated Complete Star Wars™ Saga Readied for High Definition Blu-ray Debut
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today at Star Wars Celebration V, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that the complete Star Wars Saga will come to Blu-ray Disc with a worldwide release in Fall 2011. The Star Wars Blu-ray Box Set will feature all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with extensive special features – including documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives.
“Blu-ray is the absolute best way to experience Star Wars at home – in pristine high definition,” said George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga. “The films have never looked or sounded better.”
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We’ll bring you all the details on the release date and specs for the Blu-ray set as soon as we get them so, stay tuned!
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope was released on May 25th, 1977 and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew. The film is directed by George Lucas.
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back was released on May 21st, 1980 and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker. The film is directed by Irvin Kershner.
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi was released on May 25th, 1983 and stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Sebastian Shaw, Ian McDiarmid. The film is directed by Richard Marquand.
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace was released on May 19th, 1999 and stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Oliver Ford Davies, Hugh Quarshie. The film is directed by George Lucas.
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones was released on May 16th, 2002 and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August. The film is directed by George Lucas.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith was released on May 19th, 2005 and stars Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Jimmy Smits, Frank Oz, Anthony Daniels. The film is directed by George Lucas.
