SHOUT! Factory is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Battle Beyond The Stars this year with a new edition of the cult favorite on DVD and Blu-ray. Available July 12, you can pre-order either the Blu-ray Special Edition or, if you’ve yet to upgrade, the DVD Special Edition at Amazon. Additionally, if you pre-order from the SHOUT! Factory Store you will also receive an iron on of the theatrical key art logo. This is a welcome addition to SHOUT! Factory’s Roger Corman’s Cult Classics line. If, like me, you already own the previous DVD release from New Concorde that was released ten years ago, here’s why you want to pick up this new edition:
Roger Corman’s Cult Classics: Battle Beyond the Stars 30th Anniversary Special Edition Special Features:
• New anamorphic widescreen transfer (1.85:1) from the internegative
• New 5.1 DTS Master Audio (Blu-ray)
• Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)
• Commentary by writer John Sayles and Roger Corman
• Commentary by production manager Gale Anne Hurd
• The Man Who Would Be Shad – New interview with actor Richard Thomas
• Space Opera on a Shoestring – A comprehensive look at the technical challenges and postproduction of the film with Aaron Lipstadt, Alec Gillis, Alex Hajdu, Allan Holzman, R.J. Kizer, Robert & Dennis Skotak, Thom Shouse and Tony Randel
• Trailer, TV and radio spots