Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Box Set Review

I picked up the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set about two years ago, mostly for shelf presence, and it’s still the first thing I hand someone who asks where to start with all nine films. Twenty-seven discs, a steel-look hardcover book, and a printed note from Mark Hamill tucked inside, all for less than buying the films one at a time in most cases. It’s not a flawless set, but it’s the one Star Wars purchase on my shelf I still don’t regret.

Quick verdict: buy the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set if you want all nine films on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, packed into one book-style case, for less than the individual releases would cost combined. Skip it if you specifically need digital copies, since none come with this set.

Jump to:

• What’s inside the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set
• Packaging quality and how the collector’s book holds up
• Price, value and whether it beats buying the films separately
• FAQs

Here’s the quick spec sheet for the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set before we get into the details:

Studio	Lucasfilm / Walt Disney Studios
Format	4K UHD + Blu-ray + Bonus discs
Number of discs	27 (9 films x 4K, Blu-ray and bonus disc)
Region	Region-free
Release date	April 20, 2020
Audio	Dolby Atmos (English), plus French, German and Italian tracks
Packaging	Steel-look hardcover book in a dual-slide outer box

What’s inside the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set

Every one of the nine Skywalker Saga films gets its own 4K UHD disc, its own Blu-ray disc, and its own dedicated bonus disc, which is where the 27-disc count comes from. Sony and Disney packed in more than 26 hours of bonus features across those nine bonus discs, ranging from feature-length documentaries like “The Beginning” for The Phantom Menace to hour-plus making-of pieces for Revenge of the Sith. A printed letter from Mark Hamill sits loose on the book’s first page, a nice touch even though it’s a facsimile rather than an actual signature.

What it doesn’t include matters just as much for anyone deciding whether to buy. There’s no Rogue One or Solo here, which I think is the right call since this box set is specifically the nine-film Skywalker Saga, not the wider anthology. More importantly, this set ships with zero digital copies, something that surprised more than one reviewer given the price. If you want digital codes bundled in, look at the newer single-film reissues instead, similar to how our Marvel Infinity Saga box set handles digital access differently across its own multi-film collection.

How the 27 discs and bonus documentaries break down

Each bonus disc runs anywhere from about 100 minutes (A New Hope) to well over five hours (Revenge of the Sith), and none of it is padding for the sake of a disc count. Highlights I keep coming back to include the archival George Lucas interviews on the prequel discs and the “Secrets of the Force Awakens” documentary, which goes deeper into the practical effects work than most streaming bonus content ever does.

Collectors on genre forums have pointed out that some older special-edition extras, like certain deleted scene reels from earlier DVD releases, never made the jump to this set. It’s a fair gripe if you’re chasing every piece of Star Wars bonus content ever produced, though for most buyers the sheer volume already included here covers the gap.

Packaging quality and how the collector’s book holds up

The outer box slides open from the middle, black and rubberized, with a Death Star graphic wrapping around the front and spine. After two years on a shelf under normal indoor light, mine hasn’t faded or warped, which says something about the build quality of the outer case at least. A silk-style pull ribbon lifts the hardcover book out from inside, and that book itself has a genuine weight to it that cheaper box sets don’t bother with.

The book’s steel-look cover is printed rather than embossed, so up close it reads a bit flatter than photos suggest, but it still looks sharp on a shelf next to something like our Harry Potter 8-Film SteelBook Collection. My real complaint is how tightly the discs sit in their cardboard page pockets. Pulling them out without touching the data side takes practice, and I’d recommend keeping a microfiber cloth in the case itself, since fingerprints and light scuffs are an easy way to damage a 27-disc set you can’t easily replace piece by piece.

How it compares to the Best Buy exclusive coffee-table edition

This is where a lot of shopping confusion starts. There’s a second 27-disc American exclusive, sold through Best Buy, housed in a chrome-look coffee-table book that opens like curtains rather than sliding out of a case. The Amazon Exclusive version reviewed here is a UK import, and it typically runs noticeably cheaper than the Best Buy edition while still playing perfectly fine on US 4K players, since all the discs are region-free.

If display size is your priority, the Best Buy book is the more dramatic piece. If you just want the films, the bonus discs and a good-looking case without paying a premium for a bigger book, the set I’m reviewing here does the job for less, and the format comparison isn’t that different from weighing a 4K steelbook like our Inception Ultimate Collector’s Edition against a bulkier collector’s box for the same film.

Price, value and whether it beats buying the films separately

Current new pricing for the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set sits around $330, with used or like-new copies from other Amazon sellers regularly available closer to $270. That’s still meaningfully less than buying all nine films individually at full price, and reviewers who did the math before buying consistently land on the same conclusion I did: the box set wins on price as long as you don’t need brand-new sealed condition. It’s also worth watching for Amazon’s periodic movie sale events, since this set has dropped well below its usual range during past promotions.

One technical detail worth knowing before you buy: collectors on the AVForums Skywalker Saga box set discussion thread found that The Last Jedi disc in this collection doesn’t carry Dolby Vision, while the standalone 4K release of that film does. It’s a small gap, but if Dolby Vision on that specific title matters to your setup, it’s the kind of detail that doesn’t show up on most product listings.

What Star Wars collectors on forums are saying about it

Sentiment on dedicated home theater forums is split in a useful way. Early in the same AVForums pre-order discussion thread, members debated whether the roughly £100 to £115 premium over buying the standard Blu-ray discs was worth it just for the packaging, with several conceding the case “looks fantastic” even while questioning the markup.

Other members who bought both versions ended up recommending the nine individual film releases instead, mainly because of the cardboard disc sleeves and the Dolby Vision gap on The Last Jedi. I don’t fully agree since I think the box presentation earns its keep for anyone who displays movies rather than just watches them, but it’s a legitimate trade-off worth knowing before you spend the money, the same way I’d weigh it against a themed set like our Avatar 3-Movie Collector’s Edition where individual purchases are also a realistic alternative.

Pros and cons

• Pro: All nine Skywalker Saga films on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, plus a dedicated bonus disc for each one.
• Pro: Region-free discs that play fine on US 4K players despite shipping as a UK import.
• Pro: Noticeably cheaper than both the Best Buy exclusive edition and buying all nine films separately.
• Con: No digital copies included with any of the nine films.
• Con: Discs sit tightly in cardboard page pockets, risking fingerprints or light scratches on removal.
• Con: The Last Jedi disc in this set lacks the Dolby Vision found on its standalone release.

Our Take

As someone who collects complete franchise box sets specifically, I keep coming back to how much this one gets right for the price. The Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set isn’t the flashiest presentation on a shelf, but the disc count, the bonus documentaries and the region-free playback make it an easy recommendation for anyone assembling a full Star Wars collection. It sits comfortably next to other complete-saga sets like our Harry Potter Illustrated Collection in terms of what a well-built franchise box should deliver.

It’s a physical Blu-ray and 4K UHD release, so there’s no platform to speak of beyond a compatible player, but that region-free flexibility means it works wherever you are. If you already own this set, or you went with the individual releases instead, tell me in the comments which way you’d steer a first-time Star Wars collector today.

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