Star Wars Blu-ray Details Announced

Today is officially Star Wars Day, the annual celebration of George Lucas’ sprawling sci-fi saga that spawns from the pun“May the Fourth Be with You.” To further commemorate the event, Lucasfilm announced details on the nine-disc Blu-ray set scheduled to hit shelved on September 16.

The“collection” features all six episodes of the series in high-definition, 6.1 DTS surround sound— though, unfortunately, they are the special editions complete with egregious new additions like an amorphous CGI Jabba the Hutt, Greedo firing first, the“Jedi Rocks” musical number in Jabba’s palace, and the ghostly presence of Hayden Christensen in the Endor celebration.

The complete saga will be available in stores for $139.99, which includes documentaries, deleted and alternate scenes, and a compilation of Star Wars spoofs from pop culture over the years from shows like“Family Guy” and“Robot Chicken.” Of course, the original trilogy (Episodes IV through VI) and the prequels will be available in separate box sets, but you’d be missing out onStar Warriors, a documentary about sweaty uber-fans who hit each other with plastic lightsabers.

I’m not going to post the entire press release here, but if you’re interested you can read every last detail about each disc onStarWars.com. However, you should check out the Blu-ray cover art embedded below.

Just in case the Blu-rays aren’t enough, Lucasfilm is also retrofitting the entire saga for3D re-releasesbetween 2012 and 2017 starting withStar Wars: Episode I– The Phantom Menacenext February 10. Finally, we’ll be able to relive the magic and majesty of Jar Jar Binks… in 3D.

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