Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction • 2h 16m
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Peter Mayhew, Gwendoline Christie, Joonas Suotamo, Pip Andersen, Simon Pegg, Kiran Shah, Sasha Frost, Pip Torrens, Andrew Jack, Rocky Marshall, Greg Grunberg, Emun Elliott, Brian Vernel, Yayan Ruhian, Sebastian Armesto, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Warwick Davis, Cailey Fleming, Mark Stanley, Ken Leung, Iko Uwais, Anna Brewster, Harriet Walter, Tim Rose, Erik Bauersfeld, Mike Quinn, Bill Kipsang Rotich, Michael Giacchino, Nigel Godrich, Judah Friedlander, Victor McGuire, Miltos Yerolemou, Francesca Longrigg, D.C. Barns, Billie Lourd, Leanne Best, Crystal Clarke, Jeffery Kissoon, Claudia Sermbezis, Gerald W. Abrams, Jim McGrath, Philicia Saunders, Morgan Dameron, Jessica Henwick, Tosin Cole, James McArdle, Stefan Grube, Dixie Arnold, Hannah John-Kamen, Kate Fleetwood, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Tom Edden, Brian Herring, Dave Chapman, Jimmy Vee, Cecep Arif Rahman, Ian Whyte, Daniel Craig, Ewan McGregor, Frank Oz, Alec Guinness, Tom Kane, Catherine Taber, Matthew Wood, Sam Witwer, Meredith Salenger, James Arnold Taylor, Michael Donovan, Devon Libran, Robert Stambler, Verona Blue, Fred Tatasciore, Patrick Correll, Karen Huie, Orly Schuchmacher, Ben Schwartz, Mark Dodson, Liang Yang, David Acord, Jamie B. Chambers, David M. Santana, Richard Riddell, Jefferson Hall, Jack Laskey, Daniel Adjei, Charlie Akin, Adrian Allan, Samantha Alleyne, Paul Biddiss, Hannah Blamires, Rony Bridges, Stuart Budd, Calvin Chen, Alan Chimes, Jamie Clay, David W. Collins, Cavin Cornwall, Rowan Cox, Nathalie Cuzner, Rimmel Daniel, Keith De'Winter, Adrian Derrick-Palmer, Cameron Edwards, Jesse Michael Fullington, Gloria Garcia, Salo Gardner, Caroline Garnell, Chris Geden, Versha Grant, Steven James Griffiths, Gary Hailes, Tim Hammersley, Chris Hastings, Marina Hayter, Kelvin Hewlett, Matthew Hobbs, Phil Hodges, Leigh Holland, Kevin Hudson, Phoenix James, Zander James, Tobias James-Samuels, Paul Kasey, Aaron Kennedy, Aidan Knight, Sanj Krishnan, Lukas Landau, Andrei Lenart, Jorge Leon, Julia Leyland, Billy James Machin, Raymond Mamrak, Kelsey Edwards, Kenny-Lee Mbanefo, David McCarrison, Sandeep Mohan, Benjayx Murphy, Charlie Nevett, Jason Nicholls, Terry Noble, David Norfolk, Tatsujiro Oto, Gillian Pittaway, Nathan Plant, Elroy Powell, Jay Rincon, Marc Rolfe, Julio Romeo, Arti Shah, Kat Sheridan, Stephanie Silva, Jasper Skinner, Sandy Kate Slade, Clem So, Benito Sovrano, Karol Steele, François Sternkiker, Frank Stone, Andy Sweet, Peter Theobalds, Pablo Verdejo, Ashley Ward, Paul Warren, Topo Wresniwiro, Joshua Ásberg, Joe Cash, Clare Glass, Daran Holliman, Bill Hader
Best English-friendly & video release
2D version: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D version: Disney 3D Blu-ray or Disney+/Apple TV Vision Pro Streaming
Updated 3 months ago
UHD tiers
About the film
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
- Alternative Titles
- Star Wars - Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Episode VII), Star Wars: Episode VII, The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens, Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
High seas for the recreated Theatrical Cut
Disney 4K Blu-ray is disappointing
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas. If not, Disney 4K Blu-ray
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D+97_V" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: "4K80" or "D+80" on the high seas
Special Edition: "4K97_V" or "D_97_VI" on the high seas.
If not, the 4K Blu-rays are generally considered an improvement over the 2011 Blu-rays. (although both restorations are DNR'ed and have issues).
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes. 70mm six-track mix is included in 4K80 (taken from an actual 70mm print). There are 16mm rips of the mono mix.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Director: George Lucas
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K77" or "D+77" on high seas.
Special Edition: "4K97_IV" or "D+97_IV" on high seas.
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
OG: "4K83" or "OTD83" on the high seas
Special Edition: "4K97_VI" or "D+97_VI" on the high seas
2027 Original Trilogy restoration/50th anniversary rerelease clips leaked plus release confirmed
OG: LaserDisc audio is the best option for the Dolby Stereo mixes (and usually included in fan restorations). There are 16mm/TV rips of the mono mixes.
Special Edition: Cinema DTS or 1997 LaserDisc for the Special Edition.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip
Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.
Video format: UHD Blu-ray
High seas for recreated Theatrical Cut or HDTV rip
Disney 4K Blu-ray is a mediocre upscale.
Director: Taika Waititi
2D: Disney 4K Blu-ray
3D: International Disney 3D Blu-ray
Original AR: Paramount 4K Blu-ray
IMAX AR: Paramount 3D Blu-ray
Director: James Cameron
Paramount/Fox Blu-ray
3D Blu-ray for the IMAX/Open Matte version
35mm scan for original theatrical cut
4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled
The 4K Blu-ray bonus disc, the 2012 Blu-ray bonus disc, and the 2005 3 disc DVD have exclusive extras.
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab)
4K Blu-ray has DNR, see caps https://caps-a-holic.com/c.php?go=1&a=0&d1=11748&d2=11747&s1=115760&s2=115776&i=0&l=0
Best Buy Blu-ray has a bonus disc
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray
Sony Global 4K Blu-ray > WB US 4K Blu-ray
Dolby Atmos: Sony/Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Sony Blu-ray only has 5.1, not Atmos
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Caveat: both releases do not contain their natively shot expanded IMAX aspect ratios
Dolby Atmos: Warner Bros 4K Blu-ray, Warner Bros Blu-ray
Director: Christopher Nolan
Caveat: mild DNR throughout the transfer, non-IMAX scenes appear soft due to being scanned from an interpositive rather than the original camera negative.
Sources: tfwiki.net (opens in a new tab)
Paramount 4K Blu-ray
Alternate version: iTunes stream
Target Exclusive Blu-ray has exclusive extras
The film has several changes internationally and on digital platforms: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight_(film)#Other_editions
Hound's crosses were red on the theatrical cut, but blue on home video and digital platforms.
The DTS-HD 5.1 from some of the international Blu-rays and the TrueHD 5.1 on the 4K Blu-ray are similar.
Best Buy exclusive DVD has Bonus Disc with featurettes not found on Blu-ray/4K Blu-ray
TV series
Video format: 1080p Blu-ray
Disney Blu-Ray
Original broadcast version of Exodus Pt. 2: fan restoration
Disney Blu-Ray
The Britain Blu-Ray of S1 has exclusive extras
The Best Buy exclusive Blu-Ray of S6 has a bonus disc.
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