Without getting into the whole Star Wars vs. Star Trek debate (I’ll save that for another day…), have you ever watched the original Star Trek in high def? Because I have. And believe you me, that show was not meant to be seen in high def. There’s nothing that will kill the magic quite like being able to see EXACTLY how much plywood the Enterprise is made out of. I imagine that watching the original trilogy on Blu-Ray will be a similar experience. But that said, I would also probably be more excited about a new Star Wars release if there hadn’t been SO MANY DIFFERENT RELEASES ALREADY. Not familiar with all of them? Have no fear! Here is your handy guide to the many, many home media releases of Star Wars:

1) The Original Home Video Release
In the 1980s and 90s, the original trilogy saw various releases on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc. Isn’t 80s technology amusing?

2) The Special Edition
In 1997, George Lucas spent $10 million reworking the original trilogy. Since this edition was released in cinemas, it was admittedly pretty exciting to those of us who hadn’t been alive the first time around and had hitherto only seen the films on tiny, tiny television screens; however, it was also pretty controversial, because this is when Lucas began his grand tradition of changing things people knew and loved. For example, Han apparently didn’t shoot first, even though we all thought he had for years.

3) The Prequel Trilogy
Starting with The Phantom Menace in 2000, the prequels began their first run of home releases. The Phantom Menace was initially only released on VHS, but there were two separate editions: The regular one with the ends chopped off to make the picture fit your television screen, and the widescreen Collector’s Edition. It came out on DVD in 2001, and thereafter, each of the prequel’s first home release came in both VHS and DVD. Lucas continued to edit the films for their DVD releases, so none of them are technically the original theatrical versions.

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Honestly, it’s hard not to blame Summit Entertainment for marketing the DVDs this way since they know that Twihards will buy multiple copies of the movie if it means more extras, but it’s a little despicable to purposefully force millions of teenagers to spend their allowance on a DVD that doesn’t have the full lineup of special features we’ve come to expect. (It does have a director’s commentary and a making-of featurette.)

On the bright side, the sneak peek at Eclipse comes in the form of Edward and Bella laying in bed, discussing why he doesn’t want Bella to become “like him.” (He doesn’t want her to suffer, how noble.) Bella muses that it’ll be hard to explain to her relatives why she’s disappeared. “After a few decades, everyone you know will be dead. So problem solved,” Edward sullenly replies. Watch the scene below:

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A New Jersey judge ruled against Stephen Izzo, also known as the dude Ronnie knocked out in the season finale of Jersey Shore, who wanted to stop tomorrow’s release of the Jersey Shore DVDs.

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The DVD may also come out in Latin America (Argentina, Mexico and Brazil) on the same day and possibly will go to DVD in the UK in 2010. I will keep you posted about news on the US distribution as soon as it is official!

About “Greta”

Hilary Duff stars as Greta, a 17-year-old girl struggling with feelings of suicide. Pushed aside by her mother Karen, Greta goes off to her grandparents (Ellen Burstyn, Michael Murphy) in Ocean Grove for the summer… against her will. She makes it known that she wants to kill herself during the summer, and compiles a book of suicide methods. It’s not until Greta falls for the short-order cook (Evan Ross) at the diner where she works, and realizes that people care for her fate, that things change. Check out the trailer for the film here.

Image: Greta Productions LLC for Whitewater Films ; Thanks krk

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You can pre-order the Australian DVD here.

Which DVD cover do you like best, and why?

Hat tip to Duffeholic ; Images: EzyDVD.com.au & Amazon.com

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“Some of these decisions will depend on the initial DVD sales, but we really want to expand the release.”

If you want to see some clips from the movie, head on over to YouTube and search for “What Goes Up”. Many of those clips are not there legally, so I would encourage you to buy the DVD instead!

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All four films are available from First Look Pictures, with the Blu-ray pack first being made available for sale on June 2nd. Amazon is selling the pack for $36.99

Image: Amazon.com ; hat tip to hilaryxxlogan

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Check out more photos here. You can pre-order the DVD here.

Image: used with permission of Spike TV & Amazon.com

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Unlike the first DVD cover, which features John Cusack alone, the alternate DVD cover features photos of Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei and Joan Cusack as well. As you know from all the earlier posts, War, Inc is a political satire in which Hilary Duff plays an Asian pop star, Yonica Babyyeah.

Which DVD cover do you like best? Take the poll!!

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And speaking of images, check out some new candids!! On Saturday, Hilary was spotted going to McDonalds and to the veterinary clinic to pick up her dog, as seen here. And on Wednesday, there are photos of Hilary at her pilates class here.

Images: Amazon.co.uk

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Check out the War, Inc promotional photos & learn more about the movie here.

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