By: Dominic Jones
With the North American release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a digital download today, writer/director Rian Johnson took to Twitter to reveal an extra bonus feature which he describes as being "kinda hidden" on the film's home media release. Johnson revealed that if you purchase the film digitally you will have the option to view a "music only version" or the film. This means that everything in the soundtrack which isn't John Williams' iconic score (sound effects, dialogue, etc.) will be removed so that fans can experience just the music and the images. Johnson tweeted,
The Last Jedi’s out today in the states for digital download, blu in two weeks. Of all the special features, my favorite one is kinda hidden, so wanted to call it out. If you buy the movie anywhere online (or the blu) you have access to a music only version of TLJ.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) March 13, 2018
This is the full movie, but with no dialogue, fx or backgrounds... just John’s score. I really wanted to put this out, it’s really something to see John’s music play with the movie, like a silent film.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) March 13, 2018
The one hoop you have to jump through to get it: get the Movies Anywhere app and link whatever account you bought the movie with to it. It’s free, it works pretty painlessly. Kinda a pain I know, but I think it’s worth it to get this version.— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) March 13, 2018
This sounds like a cool new way to experience The Last Jedi. It's just a shame you can't do so with the other seven films (eight, if you count Michael Giacchino's Rogue One score).
The Last Jedi is available digitally in the U.S and Canada now and will be released on blu-ray and 4K Ultra on March 27th.
Source: Rian Johnson (Twitter)
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