New Star Wars sets to debut in September

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The two Star Wars trilogies are making their Blu-ray debut in North America on Sept 16, as separate trilogy collections (Episodes I-III and Episodes IV-VI) and as one complete nine-disc collection: Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

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The two Star Wars trilogies are making their Blu-ray debut in North America on Sept 16, as separate trilogy collections (Episodes I-III and Episodes IV-VI) and as one complete nine-disc collection: Star Wars: The Complete Saga.

Presented in high definition and 6.1 DTS Surround Sound, the film package will include more than 40 hours of extras, including never-before-seen content, according to a press release from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

The extras will include a 91-minute doc on Star Wars spoofs featuring snippets of parodies from Family Guy, The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother and “Weird Al” Yankovic’s music video tribute to The Phantom Menace, sung to the tune of Don McLean’s American Pie.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Empire Strikes Back joins its prequel, Star Wars, in the Library of Congress’s registry of films with cultural significance.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Empire Strikes Back joins its prequel, Star Wars, in the Library of Congress’s registry of films with cultural significance.

Apparently, the Blu-ray edition will not feature the original trilogy (Episodes IV to VI) as they appeared theatrically, but the versions digitally “enhanced” by George Lucas following the release of Episodes I to III.

Special features include:

DISC ONE – STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC TWO – STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC THREE – STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Rob Coleman, John Knoll and Roger Guyett
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC FOUR – STAR WARS: EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC FIVE – STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC SIX – STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI

  • Audio Commentary with George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Ben Burtt and Dennis Muren
  • Audio Commentary from Archival Interviews with Cast and Crew

DISC SEVEN – STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES I-III

  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew, a flythrough of the Lucasfilm Archives and more.

DISC EIGHT – NEW! STAR WARS ARCHIVES: EPISODES IV-VI

  • Including: deleted, extended and alternate scenes; prop, maquette and costume turnarounds; matte paintings and concept art; supplementary interviews with cast and crew; and more

DISC NINE – THE STAR WARS DOCUMENTARIES

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