When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works

Home / News / Star Wars: The Force Awakens home releases begin 11 April in UK

Star Wars: The Force Awakens home releases begin 11 April in UK

Digital first, with Blu-ray a week later - both with bonuses

Didn’t get a chance to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens in cinemas – or more likely, wish to see it again and again? Luckily, the home release is only weeks away, although a physical copy requires a tad more patience.

Disney announced today that the digital HD version of The Force Awakens will be available in the UK on 11 April, with the Blu-ray and DVD versions following a week later on 18 April. Curiously, it’s a bit of a wait compared to U.S. audiences: they’ll get the digital version on 1 April, with the physical releases debuting a few days later on 5 April.

Whichever format you prefer, it sounds like Disney is bundling in a nice treasure trove of bonus features and footage. The highlight is surely Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey, which is a feature-length documentary about the entire filmmaking process. Given the great behind-the-scenes and special effects clips we’ve already seen, that should be well worth watching.

There’s more, of course: footage from the first script table read, documentary shorts on building BB-8, designing creatures, designing the late-movie showdown, and much more. And there are intriguing deleted scenes, as well, with the spoiler-heavy trailer below showing Kylo Ren walking aboard the Millennium Falcon – not something we saw in the film itself.

Various retailers in the U.S. will have different versions of the Blu-ray release, with altered cover art and packaging or even extra bonus features – so don’t be surprised if the same applies in the UK. And if you’re looking for a 3D Blu-ray release, you’ll have to hold tight: Disney says it’ll release later this year.

[Sources: Twitter, Star Wars]

Profile image of Andrew Hayward Andrew Hayward Freelance Writer

About

Andrew writes features, news stories, reviews, and other pieces, often when the UK home team is off-duty or asleep. I'm based in Chicago with my lovely wife, amazing son, and silly cats, and my writing about games, gadgets, esports, apps, and plenty more has appeared in more than 75 publications since 2006.

Areas of expertise

Video games, gadgets, apps, smart home

Enable referrer and click cookie to search for eefc48a8bf715c1b ad9bf81e74a9d264 [] 2.7.22