I like Star Wars.

And welcome to Page 51.

Star Wars forever!

That is all.

Thank you.

May this thread live long and prosper.

Huh, I saw that release earlier and immediately knew it was the SEs (runtimes are listed if you look) but I didn't realize the commentaries have been stripped out. That means they've had to re-master the discs. So the idea that they're just dumping old stock doesn't hold up, these must be a new stampers for the pressing plants.

It has all happened before and will all happen again. So say we all.

​​​​​​Note: I see it as Page 81.

You can't take the sky from me...

I see it as 67 . . . from a certain point of view.


So . . . not the original original trilogy?

That's 25 posts per page! That's merely the forum default numbers, bro!
That's a measly 30 posts per page!

User CP Panel > Edit Options > Number of Posts to Show Per Page > 40 (MAX)

You're welcome!

I'm in the corner with Goldberg I guess.

Bunch of newbs around here!

Go team 51!

Red 51 standing by!

Bill Hunt says the Star Wars announcement yesterday was bogus

X - Formerly Twitter

It was more than just artwork circulating. Amazon had it up and available for pre-order (now the page does not exist).

I don't know what he means by "AI Generated." The artwork is the same as the official Disney release in the UK:


https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-...lu-ray/313117/

I think he's speaking out of his ass. He hasn't gotten official word, so he's speculating about it being fake.

Gizomodo/io9 "confirmed" it yesterday:
https://gizmodo.com/before-the-origi...ain-2000728973


If you search the Amazon URL on Google, they still show a cached version of it.


Internet Archive unfortunately didn't save a snapshot before it was taken down.

Walmart sill has a listing up though, "Sold and shipped by Walmart.com," so not just a 3rd party seller listing:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars...re/19680464652

Edit: I looked up the UPC on the back cover image on some UPC search sites, and they bring up listings for the Blu-ray set;
https://go-upc.com/search?q=043396648777
https://www.scandit.com/upc-lookup/

Edit 2: OK, one more thing. Searching the UPC in Google brings up a lot of listings on various record store sites, for some reason. It seems to have been in a a distributor's list that got sent out to a lot of stores, who automatically added it. All have the same cover image, same MSRP of $67.99, etc. Maybe there was some sort of flag to not make a public listing yet that got missed, and only Amazon took it down due to the publicity its listing got.
https://www.google.com/search?q=043396648777

Bill Hunt amended his statement:
https://bsky.app/profile/billhuntbit.../3mgatoal44k2t

It's good he got verified info, but he probably should've done that before his first post. At least there's some new info: the other 2 trilogies are also getting box set re-releases. I'm guessing they're bare-bones as well.

I'm glad Bill Hunt is here to explain things that were obvious to all of us when we first saw them.

OK, so I assumed that the UPCs for the sets were assigned sequentially, and searched the neighboring numbers, and I discovered these trilogy sets are getting a DVD release as well.

Here's the full set of UPC codes:

Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy (DVD)
043396648746

Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy (Blu-ray)
043396648753

Star Wars: Original Trilogy (DVD)
043396648760

Star Wars: Original Trilogy (Blu-ray)
043396648777

Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy (DVD)
043396648784

Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy (Blu-ray)
043396648791


Walmart has listings for all 3 DVD sets, but not for the other 2 Blu-ray sets, yet.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars...re/19668565666
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars...re/19688655582
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars...re/19672967719

Edit: Cover art for the other two sets:





Unsurprisingly, they match the cover art of the UK releases from a few years ago.

Cool, new Star Wars releases for me to not buy.

I was gonna say - what am I missing here? I guess nothing.

I heard the original unedited versions might come out on disc. Hmmm.

There is really no point to this release.

2027 is the 50th anniversary and most would assume they would do something next year. And the original trilogy already has a 4K and digital release (yes, I know it's not the locked away original release)

And you can still buy the old FOX Blu-Ray box set with all the extras right? I still have it.

I suppose if Hunt doesn't get an official release from the studio or distributor, he automatically called BS without looking into it further. I know some of you think there are way better sources for physical media news than him.

It’s clearly just a product refresh for retailers. Odd that the commentaries aren’t listed because that means they would have made new master discs to press these.

But otherwise it’s kinda interesting to see Disney keeping physical media going.

‘Oh right, next year is the 50th anniversary. If we were ever going to get the original unedited films in 4K or even Blu-ray it would be then. I doubt it though. Honestly, I’m past it now. The editions we do have are fine overall, sans a few terrible changes/additions.