Date: 11th February 2004

Original Star Wars trilogy to be released on DVD


The original Star Wars trilogy is to be released on DVD later this year.

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi will be released as a box set on September 21, reports Empire.

A fourth disc is expected to include a new documentary as well as unseen footage and other bonus materials.

George Lucas had originally planned to wait until Episode III was ready for DVD before releasing the originals.

Source: Press Release