Change Is Coming
Recently Disney+ has been cancelling content like the Willow series among other content on their service. This has given me pause as to what will happen to this content if you want to watch it. Series like the Mandalorian and the final season of Clone Wars were on available through the streaming service. The new idea that this content might eventually be removed from the service to never be seen again was a real possibility. Now we have some hope.
I recently received an emailed from Marvel Entertainment. Generally, I would take a quick look and discard it but this one I had to look into more. The link pointed towards Best Buy or Walmart to preorder but I did find Loki Season 1 and WandaVision Season 1 available on Amazon. My hopes started to get raised.
So with some quick searches, I did find in fact the Mandalorian Season 1 and 2 will be released on disc later this year. Here are the release dates per the email and what I found at the retailers.
- Loki - September 26, 2023
- WandaVision - November 28, 2023
- Mandalorian Season 1 and 2 - December 12, 2023
The official releases will show the studio as LUCASFILM or MARVEL. There are some unofficial copies listed but don't be fooled. While this is great news for those of us that would like to add these to our collections, Disney is definitely trying to cash in. First thing to notice is that these do NOT include digital copies. Why should they since it came from a streaming service? Common decency I would say but I understand their point. Second thing to notice is the price is $50 per season.
WandaVision had 9 episodes. Loki had 6 episodes. Mandalorian had 8 episodes per season. Will we see Mandalorian season 3 released on disc? If so, when will it be released?
I applaud Disney for figuring out consumers would like to see their shows on disc so that they never disappear. It would be nice to see digital copies to go with them at that price especially when you are paying close to $10 an episode for Loki. Hopefully we see other shows from Disney+ get released on dics. I know I will pick up Mandalorian and any other Star Wars series on disc once the price gets reasonable. I have Clone Wars season 1-6 on disc now and would like to complete the set with an official copy from Disney but I guess we will have to wait and see.
Hopefully some of the content Disney+ has removed will find its way to disc as well. I was interested in seeing the Willow series. I apparently waited too long. At least now there is hope that Disney will release this content on disc in the future.
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