Nov 1: Experience Episode III on DVD and Star Wars Battlefront II

Darth Sidious · 07-27-2005, 05:58 PM

This November 1st will be a landmark day for fans to celebrate the saga with two major releases in Star Wars home entertainment. The explosive and emotional finale to the saga,Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, arrives on DVD and Star Wars Battlefront II, the sequel to the most successful Star Wars game ever, arrives on Xbox, Playstation 2, Windows PC and Sony PSP formats.

Lucasfilm and Fox Home Entertainment present a two-disc set for the Revenge of the Sith DVD, with uncompromising picture and sound mastered directly from the original digital source material. The DVD will include a brand-new full-length documentary produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. as well as two new featurettes -- one that explores the prophecy of Anakin Skywalker as the Chosen One, and the other that looks at the movie's amazing stunts. A 15-part collection of Lucasfilm's groundbreaking web documentary series, Making Episode III, will also be included in the set. A two-level playable demo of Star Wars Battlefront II is also included on the DVD.

"Revenge of the Sith gave audiences an extraordinary experience, and we want this DVD to do the same," said Jim Ward, Vice President of Marketing and Distribution for Lucasfilm Ltd. "From the beginning of production, George wanted to be sure we chronicled everything that went into the making of Episode III specifically to create an incredible DVD experience. This DVD has literally been three years in the making, and it's going to be a fantastic way to complete the Star Wars saga at home."

In addition to its November 1st debut in the U.S. and Canada, Revenge of the Sith debuts on DVD in most major territories around the world on or about the same day.

For those who actually want to live out the action of the Star Wars universe, there's Star Wars Battlefront II, available on the same day. LucasArts' sequel to the smash hit Star Wars Battlefront adds all new space combat, playable Jedi characters, and never-before-seen environments straight out of Episode III to the hard-hitting action. In addition to the group combat, Star Wars Battlefront II also has an all-new single-player experience that transports gamers through an epic, story-based saga centering on Darth Vader's elite 501st Legion of stormtroopers.

Source: www.starwars.com

Illidan · 07-27-2005, 06:38 PM

Episode 3 is definitely on my "buy" list, so I'll be happy as hell when it comes out.

Max-254 · 07-27-2005, 08:21 PM

Same here, I will be picking up Episode III on November 1st as well. As far as Battlefront 2 goes I will have to see, the original let me down.

roughneck0101 · 07-27-2005, 09:41 PM

I reserved battlefront 2 today, and I will be at wal-mart at midnight to get my nifty copy of episode 3, good times yes indeed.

PureEgo 03 · 07-27-2005, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by roughneck0101

I reserved battlefront 2 today, and I will be at wal-mart at midnight to get my nifty copy of episode 3, good times yes indeed.

power to the people! I love mid-night pickups,,,I find amusing to see how many other people are there.

roughneck0101 · 07-28-2005, 01:27 AM

our wal-mart here in cedar park really doesn't have a lot of people turning out at midnight releases, if its say star wars, I would say there will be around 20 people.

PureEgo 03 · 07-28-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by roughneck0101

our wal-mart here in cedar park really doesn't have a lot of people turning out at midnight releases, if its say star wars, I would say there will be around 20 people.

thats the largest amount I've ever seen,,though I have heard that there was a very huge crowd at my local wally world for the midnight release of The Passion of the Christ...i just hope EP III has some better bonus features than EP II,,those just weren't that interesting to me

Darth Sidious · 07-28-2005, 02:12 PM

I was nosing around on starwars.com last night and there was some (user submitted) speculation that the DVD specials would include some insight into the events before Anakin's birth.

Supposedly Darth Pleigus used the Force to create Anakin with the intention of Anakin returning the Sith to power in the Galaxy. Interesting theory...

PureEgo 03 · 07-28-2005, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Darth Sidious

I was nosing around on starwars.com last night and there was some (user submitted) speculation that the DVD specials would include some insight into the events before Anakin's birth.

Supposedly Darth Pleigus used the Force to create Anakin with the intention of Anakin returning the Sith to power in the Galaxy. Interesting theory...

....no,,i don't like that theory...far too many variables in it,,but I guess if he could see really far into the future....but no..