Future Shop stores opening early for Star Wars Saga Blu-ray release

We’ve received more details from Elliott about Future Shop opening early tomorrow:

All 148 Future Shop stores opening early to launch
Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray

First purchasers of unprecedented collection to receive exclusive lithographs set and Lightsaber™

(Burnaby, BC) September 13, 2011 – Future Shop, Canada’s largest retailer and etailer of consumer electronics, launches the much anticipated release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray this Friday September 16 at 8:00 a.m. at all 148 store locations.

To celebrate the launch, Future Shop is offering the following giveaway opportunities to first purchasers:

  • The first five purchasers at each store to buy the complete saga will receive a free, collectible Dark Side Detector Mini Lightsaber™ (worth $20)
  • Star Wars lithographs in a set of eight, exclusive to Future Shop, will be given away to first purchasers at every store while quantities last
  • All customers waiting in line for the doors Future Shop stores’ doors to open on launch day qualifies to win a full-sized Darth Maul™ Force FX Lightsaber™ (worth $150). Future Shop stores in Quebec will give away a Darth Vader™ Force FS Lightsaber™ (worth $150).

Star Wars: The Complete Saga on Blu-ray features all six live-action Star Wars feature films utilizing the highest possible picture and audio presentation. The unprecedented collectible also includes three extra discs, over 30 hours of extensive special features, including never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes, an exploration of the exclusive Star Wars archives, and more.

Where: All 148 Future Shop store locations.
When: Friday, September 16, 2011. Doors open at 8:00 a.m. local time.
Photo and broadcast opportunities:

  • Passionate Star Wars loyalists awaiting to be among the first to purchase Star Wars: The Complete Saga
  • First customer purchases receiving bonus Star Wars collectibles
  • One store winner of full-sized replica Lightsaber™

For more information, visit www.futureshop.ca/starwars.

SOURCEFuture Shop
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