Star Wars

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of September 13

By Brenden ⋅ September 13, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This week’s new Blu-ray releases include ‘STAR WARS: THE COMPLETE SAGA’ from Fox, ‘CITIZEN KANE’ from Warner, ‘THOR’ from Paramount, ‘3 WOMEN’ and ‘MY LIFE AS A DOG’ from Criterion, ‘INCENDIES’ and ‘SANCTUARY: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON’ from eOne, ‘SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA’ from Anchor Bay and many, many more!

Star Wars Blu-ray Round-up

By Brenden ⋅ September 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

The entire Star Wars saga is now on Blu-ray and we’ve got a round-up of all the disc details, news and videos related this landmark home video release.

Star Wars Blu-ray controversy/screencaps/unboxing

By Brenden ⋅ September 11, 2011 ⋅ One comment

It’s only a handful of days now until the Star Wars Blu-ray discs hit shops here in North America. You lucky folks in the UK get yours scant few hours from now. Over the past week or so, as the discs have moved through distribution channels, both media and a variety of ne’re-do-wells have been leaking information and a plethora of audio and video clips to forums and blogs. I’m sure you’ve seen by now, as I have, the many digital alterations and “touch-ups” that have been performed on the updated transfers of the films (and if, by chance, you’ve been living in a cave on Tatooine and missed them all, check out the video embed below.) There’s been a ton of fan outcry and a ton of media coverage of both the changes and the fan reaction. I’m sure I don’t need to pick over them again for you as, by now, they’ve been analyzed to death. But, as a number of you have asked for my thoughts on the matter, I thought I’d chime in. …Continued…

Star Wars Blu-ray first impressions and list of deleted scenes

By Brenden ⋅ August 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I guess it’s kind of a big day for Star Wars Blu-ray discussion. I woke up to Bill Hunt‘s (of The Digital Bits‘ Bill Hunts) impressions of the upcoming 9-disc Complete Saga boxed set, from a tour of the product at Skywalker Ranch, given exclusively to a handful of journalists. It sounds like he was impressed, which just makes me want to have it in my hands that much more. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Another Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray trailer

By Brenden ⋅ August 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay. One more trailer pimping the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray set before it hits US and Canadian shops on September 16th. …Continued…

Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray preview with Holiday Special easter egg

By Brenden ⋅ August 5, 2011 ⋅ 2 comments

In less than a month and a half, this will all be over. We’ll all have our copies of the Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-ray sets and our collective journey to the dark side of disc collecting will be complete. All speculation about the quality of the transfers and exactly what extras are included will be put to rest like a 900-year old Jedi becoming one with the force. But until September 16th, we’ll continue to wonder just what these discs are going to look and sound like, just what deleted scenes will be included, and what fresh digital alterations Lord Lucas has had imposed on his poor, unsuspecting films. Well, thanks to Fox we now have our first look at the packaging of the 9-disc set, awful cover painting and all, with its book-style disc trays splayed open for all to see. …Continued…

LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace animated special comes to Blu-ray

By Brenden ⋅ July 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Okay, I had no idea that LEGO was making TV specials now. This is kind of cool. My nephew plays the crap out of all of those LEGO video games on his XBOX 360. I’ve played a few myself and I’ve got to tell you, they’re way fun. Really well put together with a great sense of humour. From the look of the trailer above, the LEGO Star Wars special, The Padawan Menace, shows all the signs of capturing the kid-friendly mayhem of the games. …Continued…

[VIDEO] Star Wars Blu-ray Deleted Scenes preview

By Brenden ⋅ July 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

You know, I’m not too sad I’m missing Comic Con this year, when there are so many amazing films to be seen at Fantasia, here in Montreal. But I do really feel the burn of missing out on all the Blu-ray previews and breaking news. Thankfully, we’ve got a lot of pals gathering pics, news and preview videos from the halls of the con. Just like the one you’ll find above, uploaded by our buddy Justin over at High Def Disc News. The video, screened earlier today at the San Diego Con, previews a ton of deleted scenes from the original Star Wars trilogy that will be featured in the upcoming Blu-ray set. …Continued…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray announced and detailed

By Brenden ⋅ June 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

It was almost exactly a month ago that Amazon.ca leaked the package art and release date for The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three Blu-ray set. Well, they got the art right but the date was actually a week off. Warner has officially announced the set for an October 18th release, with a collection of special features that mimic earlier sets. Expect further details in the near future, like the announcement of digibook packaging (I’m going to be pissed if they skimp out on the book this time!) and the non-revelation that the episodes are only encoded in compressed audio. …Continued…

Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray set in October

By Brenden ⋅ May 20, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Wow! This is unexpectedly early. Amazon.ca (a source of tons of early Blu-ray info this week!) has posted their pre-order page for the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season Three Blu-ray boxed set. The release date is listed as October 25th, which matches up to the time frame of previous street dates. …Continued…