Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is in its final days in theaters, and you may be wondering when you'll be able to air episode 9 at home. There are no official Star Wars home video announcements right now, but if you're still shopping for physical media, Best Buy Canada has listed the release date for 4K Blu-ray The Rise of Skywalker as March 31, and that coincides with the home video releases from the earlier period of Star Wars movies. Below, we'll explain when we expect to see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker released on Blu-ray, and what we can predict on the Disney Plus release date based on that.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Blu-Ray Release Date Could Be March 31
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The release date appears very briefly and then disappears. (Image credit: Future) It's no longer listed on the site, but the eagle-eyed folks on the Star Wars subreddit took notice and entered a March 31 release date at Best Buy Canada for The Rise of Skywalker 4K Blu -Ray. This is in fact a Tuesday, which is usually the time when physical home video outputs hit the US market. Please note that when we move to Best Buy Canada now, this date appears briefly and then disappears. The screenshot above is ours. This is not an official confirmation of The Rise of Skywalker Blu-ray release date, but it corresponds to the release window of The Last Jedi on personal video. This movie hit theaters on December 14, 2017, then was released on Blu-ray on March 27, 2018 (April 9 in the UK, March 28 in Australia). The theatrical release for The Rise of Skywalker was a bit later on December 20, 2019. The timing is more or less the same. Best Buy is offering a Skywalker Saga 4K Blu-ray box set for pre-order that will likely launch at the same time. On the Best Buy Canada site, this also briefly shows a release date of March 31 before the message "Release date to be announced soon!" jump up
When will Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker be released on Disney Plus?
With a Blu-ray release scheduled for March, you probably shouldn't expect The Rise of Skywalker to hit Disney Plus before summer 2020, but you can't be sure Disney won't pull the trigger anymore. soon. The fastest reversion from home video output to Disney Plus was The Lion King (again highlighted by the Star Wars leak subreddit), which was available for purchase on digital streaming on October 11, 2019, then released on Disney Plus. on January 28, an interval of 98 days. Disney may want to bridge this gap in the future, to make sure Disney Plus has a constant supply of great content to keep subscribers happy. But you can still expect it to land after Blu-ray.
When is Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker available to stream?
Disney tends to release its movies to be purchased digitally before their physical release. Again, there is no official release date for this yet, but assuming the leaked Blu-ray release date is correct, you can expect early March.