For those who are just a little excited for the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-Ray, do we have a treat to shoot your expectations through the roof. Walt Disney and Lucasfilm has released not only a list of the deleted scenes that will appear on the DVD and Blu-Ray release that hits shelves April 5 and digitally on April 1, but a teaser for those gems as well!
Look for the following Star Wars: The Force Awakens deleted scenes:
- Stormtrooper Finn’s run-in with a Jakku village woman in the opening attack.
- Han, Finn, and Chewie face down a squadron of stormtroopers in Maz Kanata’s basement.
- Kylo Ren leads snowtroopers to the crashed Millennium Falcon at Starkiller Base, and has an emotional remembrance inside.
- General Leia is introduced earlier in the film, as Major Brance (Emun Elliott) gets a distress signal from BB-8 informing them of the attack on the Jakku village.
- Poe Dameron and the other X-Wings prepare for lightspeed as they head into battle, giving us a chance to see starships in space.
- Finn and Rey escape Starkiller base on a First Order snowspeeder, while another gives chase.
- Rey gets an update on an injured Finn’s condition from Dr. Kalonia (Harriet Walton).
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is easily one of our most anticipated home video releases of the year. After all, it was one of our top 15 movies of 2015!