Star Wars Goes Blu-ray in 2011!

I was in Orlando last week and was a couple of blocks away from where the largest Star Wars event in the world was scheduled to be held. I left a day before Star Wars Fanfest V was scheduled to hit town. Impeccable timing as always on my part. George Lucas showed up this weekend and made the announcement that fans have been waiting for – All Six Star Wars are coming to Blu-ray next Fall in honor of it’s 35th Anniversary.  The set will feature the remastered versions of all six films (remastering the originals would apparently be too expensive) and contain a ton of Blu-ray extras.  As an additional FYI, for a taste of SW Hi-Def goodness, Spike TV is showing the original Star Wars films on Spike HD today (Sunday) and I’m sure it’ll be repeated later this week. I will say I’m not that impressed with the HD version of Star Wars as shown on Spike, but who wouldn’t want these films on Blu-ray?  No pricing has been announced, but expect to pay a ridiculous amount.