You knew it had to happen, right? It was only a matter of time. This past weekend in Orlando FL, at Star Wars Celebration V, (the official convention for SW nerds) LucasFilm announced what many Star Wars fans had been waiting years for, that the films would be released on Blu-Ray DVD.
Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher & George Lucas at Star Wars Celebration V (Photo courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd.)
“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.”
Gee George, haven’t we heard you say that before? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I am a HUGE geek for Star Wars. And I will most definitely be getting the films on Blu-Ray when they are released in the fall of 2011. But man, could we just lay off on the ‘this is the way to watch the films’ spiel for once? We heard it when the films came out on Laser disc (that was the format that preceded DVDs for all you video noobs out there), then the “THX mastered” VHS tapes, then the “Special Edition DVDs.”
Guess how many of those we bought, George. Yeah, you guessed it. ALL OF THEM!
But hey, at least this time the Blu-Ray is going to offer something that Star Wars historians have been murmuring about for decades…a deleted scene!
