Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-Ray Aiming at April 5, 2016 Release Date.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens is currently slated for a April 5, 2016 release date on Blu-Ray and DVD. Currently, no special features have been announced, but J. J. Abrams has already stated that a good portion of the deleted scenes are confirmed to be accessible.
This information can be found on the official Blu-Ray website. It’s possible that the home video release might be delayed slightly if ticket sales for the film continue to do as well as they have (read: continue to break tons of records), but the movie should arrive on shelves before the release of Captain America: Civil War. In any case, it seems like at the rate that things are going, the film will still be in theaters for a while after it hits DVD and Blu-Ray.
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
steelbook?
Never really understood the hype over steelbooks, but I will say it better be an improvement over the terrible, guaranteed-to-damage-the-disc style of the BD set.
Uhh… I see the point. I like steelbooks because they give some speciality to the disc box… I only have interstellar on steelbook… and if I’m getting star wars the force awakens, I want to get it in an esclusive edition
How special or exclusive is a mass-produced product available across the globe from a slew of big-boxes though? Anyways, no, you know what? I’d rather have LFL release a home video version of a SW film for once without completely buggering the dynamic range and colour balance before they worry about nice packaging – that would be “special” enough for me.
Special to me. I claim the right to consider special a nice packaging for a good film. And… some steelbooks usually have limited availability. But that’s just details. As I said, I buy on steelbook only a few films, so in my BD collection those few steelbooks stand out. I can’t answer to the whole point you do about LFL buggering stuff because I simply don’t get it.
One of the reasons why I haven’t pre ordered on Amazon yet. I’d love this on steelbook
Will there be a 3D Blu-ray or not (considering it’s Disney which hasn’t been supporting the 3D option for home video in its latest releases)?
Here in Australia, the DVD/Blu-ray will be released on April 20 with the Blu-ray being a 2-Disc set.
Would love an extended edition,an extra 10 mins or so would be cool,neve gonna happen thought I’ll bet.
I’d love that too. I can’t help but wonder if some scenes were a bit more fleshed out… and they over edited for the sake of keeping things actiony!
Honestly it could have been 3 hours long and I’d have loved every minute!
Some scene extentions or added quiet ones would help it breathe,there was a little of that with Rey at the beginning but I think it could be pushed a little more.
Exactly… I thought the pacing was perfect right up until Rey and Finn got taken in by Han. Then pacing got a little crazy…
I was a little disappointed JJ didnt seemed too fond of a special edition or extended cut. If it happens it will be more of Disney’s doing than JJ. Maybe he changes his mind. Its a testiment to the fact that many of us loved what he did with EP 7 and want even more!
That’s sooner than I was expecting. That’s also awesome. I can’t wait to see this on BD at home.
Am sure there will be every version ! Theatrical, Extended, 3D, 2D, 4D…… C’mon it’s Star Wars they’ll milk it for everything it’s worth.
Different exclusive features on each too.
I bet there will be a blu ray box set that has 1-7. Then there will be a blu ray box set of 1-8. and then there will be an ultimate blu ray box set of 1-9 with the anthology films with it as well. My wallet is crying already.
i have no desire to buy the specialised versions of the OT. Unless they come with an exclusive extended cut of EP7 I wouldnt touch a box set.
there is nothing official about that website. you can even confirm that in the site’s footer.
that date is an approximation based on 3 months after the film’s release date and the current industry trend. which, incidentally, I’d be surprised if the film follows it.
So there was a Hayden Christiansen cameo planned in the Vader helmet scene with Kylo – looked pretty cool but likely would have confused new viewers, the helmet was enough. Give to much and it becomes another thing to explain.
http://collider.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-anakin-skywalker-image/?utm_campaign=collidersocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Not true. It was merely something an artist drew. Nothing was planned.
It was planned. And it might happen in VIII or IX.
It was not planned. It was an idea kicked around by a single concept artist during preproduction. Pablo Hidalgo has confirmed this.
No, it wasn’t. You lack awareness of how a movie is conceptualized.
Collider is very click baity. They make videos and comment on F’ing everything just to get attention
I agree. I can’t stand that pretentious and obnoxious d-bag John Campea either. I tried watching one of their shows one time and geez, the fact that they try act like they’re ESPN Scportscenter anchors with their “studio setup” even looking like it was emulating that program is just so idiotic. These guys really have no business telling moviegoers what to like or dislike.
Christian Harloff is the worsssttttttt
They are just like you and me. For God’s sake they get most of their info from this website.
they make fun of themselves all the time. they are just fans like us that have a high quality show. d bag? hardly. Campea is great to listen to. He isnt afraid to say what he doesnt like, and doesnt gloss over mistakes. He is honest, and not just some fan boy. The guy knows his movies too.
READ THE ART OF FORCE AWAKENS
Collider isn’t the worst. /film is. Dark Horizons used to be reputable but they aren’t even close now. I usually just head to comingsoon.net only because they don’t offer speculation or opinion.
Technically Hyden could/will return as Vader in Rogue One alongside Ian McDiarmid as the emperor. Crazy times.
This is a super old rumor. It was the same thing said for Episode 7 but a ghost concept art appears in the Art of Force Awakens. Read the book you might learn something 🙂
Nice! Now I can press the pause button—can’t do that in the theater.
Really looking forward for this, Daisy mentioned in a few interviews that behind the scenes videos will be awesome 🙂
What about…
I’m holding out for Betamax.
The reto version will only be on laser disk.
Hi Fi stereo! Don Cheadle’s Character from Boogie Nights would be proud
Dam good job with the photo shop.
Getting my VHS ready! I suppose cam-quality will be the standard for this one. Still… The Force will be strong.
(PG-13)
Good gooood. Gonna get it
extended edition petition
Oh no! Not this fucking shit again. I’m passing till I know what’s on it for sure. The initial release is going to be some cash grab probably. I’m sure they will have the extended edition in some saga set out in time for Rogue One and then add the rest of the deleted scenes in time for VIII called the Kylo cut or some BS.
As with any release?
Double for Disney though.
exactly. Acting like this is a shocking twist of evil corporate greed is incredibly naive. Every studio thinks this way. Disney is just ran by executives who are intelligent enough to give creative control to a crew who’s passionate and personally invested in the integrity of the material. Sony, Fox, Universal are just as concerned with bottom line, they’re just too inept to deliver something this entertaining.
I fear you’re right. I can see them holding back on the extras and just giving us the minimum they think they can get away with. Then later give us a special edition, maybe extended (lets hope), with the extras we wanted the first time. The usual for a big release like this.
Personally I’m hoping for the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit treatment, when it comes to the extras, but have Disney ever done that?
They are notorious with their MCU, Animated, and Pixar films. Remember the Vault? Expect price gouging too.
Ill just be buying it, but I wont buy it a 2nd, 3rd or 40th time. just say no.
I’ll get it with the next format in the saga set but I don’t know when that’s out yet. I’m only buying one BD though and I want the version with all the stuff they left out.
Not just the deleted scenes, but the director’s commentary should be very interesting.
April 5th will be a great day if this blu-ray is going to be on track hopefully going to see it a fourth time in theaters then a billion times on blu-ray until i have to buy another one.
My take from JJ’s interviews about the deleted scenes. There are some, but most are alternate takes or extended scenes. People wishing for over 20 mins of new material are in for a let down.
Just add Kylo igniting his lightsaber in the woods that we saw in the trailer to the movie…
Someone will do this on youtube at least.
Yeah its pretty disappointing that awesome shot doesn’t actually have its place in the film. It’s cool we’ve seen it in the trailer and its maybe cool how we here it in the distance in the film, but I’d rather have it spliced in myself too.
Cannot wait to.own this and watch it 50 times a year! 🙂
I really hope they go all out with additional content and that it’s not just a few 5 minute things stuck together that we’ve seen elsewhere. I want an in depth documentary into the makingnof this and tons of technical behind the scenes stuff!
So true buddy. I’ve seen it 4 times in the theater. Can’t wait to watch it whenever I want.
VHS to match my OT set from ’95?