The Rise of Skywalker, a mess of a film I still managed to love, launches digitally March 16 and will hit home release March 31, while Disney+ will add it in the summer. Special features include: a feature-length documentary about the making of the film, though it’ll be interesting to see if it’ll only include J.J. Abrams’ time with the film; several behind the scenes featurettes into creature and sequence making; and a digital exclusive about John Williams’ final Star Wars score. The most glaring omission is deleted scenes, though I guess that’s just a ringing endorsement to go pick up TROS’ novelization on March 17 (its first excerpt featured one of many deleted scenes, adding context and slowing down the pace of the film’s opening) and the “Art of” book, out March 31 alongside the film (where leaked pages from the book revealed the deleted scene in the excerpt).
And for those willing to drop more of their credits, Best Buy is offering The Skywalker Saga 4K 9-film set ($249), bringing the prequels and original trilogy films (and The Force Awakens) to 4K for the very first time. It will include 29 discs: 4K and Blu-ray versions of the films (so 18 discs right there), bonus features, and a letter from Mark Hamill. Rogue One will also get a 4K release on March 31.
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