If you’ve been mooching about like Luke Skywalker on Ach-To waiting to buy your very own copy of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, we’ve got good news: the release date has been confirmed, alongside a raft of special features. Episode VIII is getting a UK Blu-ray and digital release on 9 April, and the Blu-ray comes with two variant sleeves. Just like The Force Awakens had Light Side and Dark Side versions, The Last Jedi will get a Resistance sleeve and a First Order sleeve. The 4K Ultra HD disc has a separate design featuring the best of both sides.
Even more interesting is what’s on the disc — there’s two hours of bonus footage on there, including no less than 14 deleted scenes. Some shots that didn’t feature in the finished film have been glimpsed in promotional material, so it sounds like we may get a proper look at them on the home entertainment release. There’s also a feature-length making-of documentary called The Director and the Jedi to look forward to.
In the meantime, you can probably still catch a final screening of The Last Jedi at your local cinema, and there’s Empire’s epic spoiler special podcast including an in-depth interview with Rian Johnson to keep you going until April.
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