10 Things We Learned: ‘Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection’

 

Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection was released last week, on probably the last format on which the films had yet to exist. That is, until direct mnemonic downloads will inject movies right into our brains. Services from iTunes to Amazon to Google Play now have digital versions of the six Star Wars films, and they include new content as well as pre-existing bonus features. (Special thanks to Google Play for providing the films and bonus content for review.)

Now, there’s probably nothing about the first six Star Wars movies that isn’t already known. The landmark blockbuster films were very well covered in reporting in the ‘70s and ‘80s, let alone internet age journalism for the prequels. Then there were the DVD releases, and the Blu-ray release, all of which included bonus features about the production. Still, each film in Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection has two new items: a “Conversations” piece with key Star Wars artists talking amongst themselves for about 10 minutes, and a “Discoveries from the Inside,” which brings cameras into the archives to see some authentic materials for about five minutes each.

 

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So while I’m not going to try to guarantee that Star Wars: The Digital Collection unearthed some breakthrough information, I can say that having reviewed both previous editions, covered the prequels myself and read up on the originals in their day, I still heard things that struck me as new and interesting. So here are ten things I learned from the Star Wars digital releases. At the very least, they made it worth sitting through the set again. 

 

10 Things We Learned from ‘Star Wars: The Digital Movie Collection’:


Fred Topel is a staff writer at CraveOnline. Follow him on Twitter at @FredTopel.

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