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Rey, Finn, and Poe will soon be arriving on your TV screen.

Disney announced that the newest 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film, the smash hit 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens,鈥� will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on April 5. The film will be out digitally slightly earlier, arriving in that format on April 1.听

On the Blu-ray and DVD versions, fans will find various deleted segments from the movie, a documentary about the creation of the movie, interviews with those involved in the film, and more.

鈥淔orce,鈥� which stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Adam Driver, opened this past December as the first 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film in 10 years and the first that actors Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill had appeared in in more than 30. It was well-received by critics and fans and became the highest-grossing film of all time in America without adjusting for inflation.

What has Hollywood learned from the success of 鈥淔orce鈥�?

Other studios may be realizing that the right marketing is key. says making the upcoming movie impossible to not know about was one thing studio Disney did right.

鈥淚t is the triumph of absolutely conventional Hollywood thinking about releases and marketing, and it works off a template that turned 40 years old this summer,鈥� Patterson wrote, pointing to the movie 鈥淛aws.鈥澛�

Before that movie, films usually opened smaller, popping up in cities before they expanded. 鈥淭he big-budget, marketing-intensive wide opening has been the norm ever since ['Jaws'],鈥� Patterson wrote. 鈥溾�︹�橲tar Wars: The Force Awakens鈥� is merely the ultimate iteration of this formula, gussied up with the aid of the zillion new online platforms for advertising, fan-stoking and tie-in merchandising.鈥澛�

Given that it still works, don't expect Hollywood to turn away from this strategy anytime soon.听

Invoking nostalgia but also teasing new story developments 鈥� bringing together the old and the new 鈥� was probably also crucial to 鈥淔orce鈥� doing so well, writes .听

鈥淒isney鈥檚 marketing team capitalized with an understated campaign that emphasized the stars from the original film and kept key plot points under wraps, even passing on seeking early critics awards to maintain the mystery,鈥� Cunningham writes.听

The success of 鈥淔orce鈥� shows that fans will still turn up for beloved stories 鈥� so reboots and similar retreads most likely aren鈥檛 going anywhere.听

And one aspect may be what Hollywood did not learn, at least not immediately. The new 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� story was led in part by a female protagonist and a black lead, yet says the movies coming out in 2016 don鈥檛 reflect an increased awareness of this.听

[Editor's note: The original version of this article misidentified Boyega's nationality.闭听

鈥淸Director J.J.] Abrams鈥檚 vision was crucial to 鈥楽tar Wars鈥� featuring a female Jedi and a black male Stormtrooper as its leads, and it paid dividends,鈥� Sims wrote. 鈥淵es, the movie would have made money no matter what, but it鈥檚 undeniable that it appealed to the franchise鈥檚 broadest audience yet. And yet there鈥檚 nothing at all on the 2016 release slate with a similarly exciting cast.鈥�