The not-entirely-up-to-snuff quality of the three “Star Wars” prequels notwithstanding, George Lucas’ “Star Wars” saga was made for a format like Blu-ray, and now according to the Skywalker Ranch head honcho himself, all six movies in the franchise will be arriving on Blu-ray sometime in 2011.
Lucas made the announcement himself at the Star Wars Celebration V over the weekend in Orlando. Included in the Blu-ray format? The usual documentaries and behind-the-scenes featurettes, but also “interviews, retrospectives and never-before-seen footage from the Lucasfilm archives.”
Plus, there’s also this deleted scene from “Return of the Jedi”:
The scene has long been talked about online — a sequence that depicts Luke Skywalker assembling his new, green-bladed lightsaber prior to infiltrating Jabba the Hutt’s palace. After completing the Jedi weapon, Luke stashes it in R2-D2′s dome. What makes the “Jedi” deleted clip so remarkable is that it made it all the way to postproduction before it was cut, so it is a rare example of a cut scene with completed visual effects and music.
And if you can’t wait for the Blu-ray, here’s the scene in question (get it now before it’s removed):
