Since the advent of Blu-ray and the HD media format, people have been eagerly awaiting the inevitable Star Wars release. Many expected an announcment soon after the format war between Blu-ray and HD-DVD had ended, but when none came, people began to lose hope. Hope rose when The Clone Wars came out on Blu-ray, yet still no announcment came.

(HD screen from Episode 1)

After years of waiting Steve Sansweet, the head of fan relations at Lucasfilm (a very nice man, met him at Fan Days 3) confirmed that the Star Wars Blu-ray is in the works, and have been for quite some time. Here’s what he had to say:

“I won’t call it the Ultimate Set because we keep finding stuff—but, a very full set of all six movies on Blu-ray with lots of extra material. We’re finding all kinds of scenes from dailies that have never been seen before…It won’t be in the too distant future.”

There you have it, not only will it be on glorious Blu-ray, but it will also feature the entire saga (a box set fans have been clamoring for even on regular DVDs). Not much more details than that, but I’m sure if Steve had more to say it was undoubtedly lost in the cacophony of fans screaming for joy. Whether or not these will also feature the original versions of the films on top of the Special Editions, is yet to be seen, nor is it known whether or not the Bearded One (George Lucas) has made any other modifications. I’m sure in the next few weeks we’ll have more information, and if I were a betting man, I’d be keeping my eyes open for a holiday release.

(Steve Sansweet among his record setting Star Wars collection)

-Jordan