As we reported earlier this month, What We Left Behind, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine retrospective documentary which hit theaters on May 13 will be coming to home media this August, and now we’ve got the first details of what special features will be part of the multiple Blu-ray releases of the film when it beams down this summer.

Officially announced today by distributor Shout! Studios, What We Left Behind will be available on both Blu-ray and DVD this August 6, accompanied by nearly ninety minutes of behind the scenes and special content along with the documentary itself, which we reviewed at the beginning of May.

We have learned that Shout! Studios will be releasing two different versions of the film, along with a third version of What We Left Behind being prepared for backers of the Indiegogo fundraising campaign which took off back in 2017.

The STANDARD release of the documentary — the general Blu-ray and DVD release available through Amazon.com and other retailers — will come with six special features, set to include “over a dozen deleted scenes,” additional featurettes with the cast and crew, a discussion about the HD remastering process, and more, totaling nearly ninety minutes.

An Intro from Ira A Brief History of Deep Space Nine featurette What We Left Out – Deleted Scenes Behind the Scenes at the Variety photoshoot featurette HD Remaster Discussion with the filmmakers More from the Fans featurette Theatrical Trailer



The SPECIAL EDITION release of the documentary — a limited-run, two-disc Blu-ray set available only at the Shout! web shop — will come with all the material found on the standard Blu-ray, along with two more exclusive features. (Only 1,500 copies will be produced).

A Musical Reunion with Composers Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner A Roundtable Look at The Making of the Documentary A 50-minute discussion with co-director and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr, co-director David Zappone, producer Kai de Mello-Folsom, producer/editor Joseph Kornbrodt and producer/editor Luke Snailham



Unfortunately, the two Shout! Studios exclusive features are NOT going to be part of the Indiegogo backer campaign version of the documentary Blu-ray, as that material has been produced specifically by Shout! for their special release — and was not put together by the documentary team itself.

Hi Eric, Shout’s special bonus disk will include content produced by them (not the film team directly) so is not the same as the backer disks. Anything our film team produced will be included on Indiegogo rewards. Details on bonus features are yet to be announced, so stay tuned! — The DS9 Documentary (@DS9Doc) May 16, 2019

In addition, Shout! Studios noted on Twitter earlier this month that sales of their special edition of What We Left Behind is only available in the United States — it is coded Region A for North America players only — as they do not support international shipment.

Finally, the INDIEGOGO FUNDRAISER BACKER release of the film will be a third release, exclusive to those who contributed to the 2017 fundraiser to get What We Left Behind off the ground.

UPDATE: Since this article was published, new details on the backer release have been announced!

The film production team has stated that the backer discs are expected to have more content than the standard release, as well as being the only region-free edition of the Blu-ray set expected to be made available:

As promised, our Indiegogo backer disk sets are made specially by our team for eligible backers and will include cover artwork exclusive to the campaign. The sets are the only region-free release currently planned, and will include one Blu-Ray disk and one standard DVD in a single combo-case.

Indiegogo contributors should also plan on seeing their version of What We Left Behind arrive before the August 6 wide release of the other editions, as backer shipments are set to ship in the beginning of July, for both domestic and international campaign donors.

This evening, the documentary team announced the extra content coming to their Indiegogo backer release, which includes:

A Musical Reunion with Composers Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner Indiegogo Campaign Videos & Video Vault Technical Trivia Track: A special subtitle text track with detailed technical info and listing of our HD Hero sponsors



It’s good to see the composer segment making its way to the backer release as well, and as for the roundtable special that’s exclusive to the Shout! Studios release, here’s what the documentary team had to say in their announcement:

For those curious about the differences, your backer disk sets already include our Musical Reunion bonus feature and a shortened excerpt of Shout’s roundtable (in the HD Remaster featurette). However, because the extended full-length roundtable discussion is produced separately by Shout! Factory, it is only available on their limited edition disk.

Keep checking back to TrekCore for the latest news on What We Left Behind — as soon as we know where the film will be available to stream digitally, we’ll be sure to let you know!