http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releas...arfighter.html

Cover and specs for the DVD and BD.

Universal Home Video has today announced DVD ($19.98) and Blu-ray ($29.98) releases of The Last Starfighter. The 25th Anniversary Edition will be available to own from the 4th August. Extras will include commentary with Director Nick Castle and Production Designer Ron Cobb, featurettes ("Heroes of the Screen", "Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter"), an image gallery, and theatrical and teaser trailers. We've attached the official package artwork for the DVD release below.

The commentary track, the "Crossing The Frontier" featurette, the theatrical and teaser trailers, and the image gallery are all included on the original anamorphic release. Looks like "Heroes of the Screen" featurette may be the only thing new - hardly worth a double dip.

Unless the video quality is alot better. BD for me for sure since I sold off my old DVD.

Have it on SD and HDDVD...not good enough to get it on BD...even if they competely remastered it!!!

Since it's an anniversary, let's hope it's remastered. I heard the HD-DVD looked bad.

It's a B movie and I think they did everything that was going to be done with it. The HDDVD is miles above the SD, so I bet they port it over. Maybe the sound will get a kick up?

Would've been nice to have had some kind of "Remembering Robert Preston" feature or something like that.

And while I'm well aware this is a coming of age story, is that cover particularly phallic to anybody else?

Don't have the movie; will check out the Blu.

May the luck of the Seven Pillars of Gulu be with you at all times!


Might be enough to finally make me break down and buy a blu-ray player.

That is, if Xur and the Ko-dan armada don't send a Zando-Zan to kill me first.

Of course, that's what Beta is for.

Back to sleep, Louis, or I'm telling Mom about your Playboys!

You know, this is a decent flick-- has an indelible '80s stamp-- but I think the soundtrack outshines the movie. Especially the main title theme. Heroic, epic, triumphant. Great stuff.

Why do they always have to create new cover art for these re-releases? Why not use the original poster with a nice border? Simple and elegant. New artwork is almost always very average Photoshop work (my apologies to those who put them together).

--THX

I agree...the original cover art is nice and without doubt this move has 80's written all over it. I have the original release on dvd and will most likely upgrade to the hd dvd version since I will be able to pick that up for almost nothing. I doubt the BD version will be any better than the hd dvd release.

I may pick this up, if it is cheap enough first week. Never got the original disc, and I loved the movie as a youngster.

I haven't even gotten around to watching the disc I bought during the last DD 20% off sale (or was it two sales ago?). I think I can easily pass.

If it's not remastered then I will smash them into GORAN DUST!!

Great movie! I had a major crush on the lovely Catherine Mary Stewart when I was a young'un!

Take care all!!