‘Star Wars’ 4K Blu-Ray Box Set Might Be In The Works At Disney
By Chris Evangelista/April 11, 2019 11:39 am EST
The Digital Fix has a story up in which they quote a Disney source’s claim about a Star Wars Skywalker Saga 4K Blu-ray box set. However, it comes with the following disclaimer:
With that in mind, you probably shouldn’t get too excited about this yet. But it certainly sounds like a possibility. Per their source, “4K masters of the original trilogy and of The Force Awakens are all in the can and work is currently being done on the prequel trilogy which is proving to actually be more of a challenge than the original films. The Last Jedi, along with Solo (which is not expected to be included in this overall set) already have 4K Blu-ray releases.”
The entire original trilogy is all allegedly being put together using “the original negatives”, which may indicate we’re finally getting a Blu-ray release of the original theatrical cuts. I myself have been holding out on buying the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-ray simply because the only copies available are the special editions, in which George Lucas went back and added a bunch of distracting modern special effects into nearly every frame. I’m much more interested in owning the original films, with their original special effects. If that’s what this turns out to be, I’ll happily buy the box set (and never, ever watch the prequel films).
Again, until we get a confirmation from Disney, this is all speculation. The Digital Fix says the plan is to have the box set ready by 2020, which means if this is true, we’ll likely get a confirmation sooner rather than later. The Star Wars Celebration kicks off today, and runs through the weekend, so we might even find out in the next few days.
