April is shaping up to be a big month for Star Trek home media with the announcement that the third season of the animated adult comedy Star Trek: Lower Decks will arrive on April 25th, with over 45 minutes of special features.
Lower Decks! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!
The crew of the USS Cerritos is coming home on April 25th with season three of Star Trek: Lower Decks arriving on DVD and Blu-ray. The 10-episode season wrapped up the season 2 cliffhanger with Captain Freeman put on trial, the return of Peanut Hamper, the “Crisis Point 2” sequel episode, and a special visit to station Deep Space Nine, featuring guest appearances by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actors Nana Visitor and Armin Shimerman.
Armin Shimerman and Nana Visited returned as Kira and Quark for “Hear All, Trust Nothing”
The new set includes exclusive audio commentaries from the cast and crew, a look behind the episodes, a Season 3 “Lower Decktionary”, and a closer look at the DS9 episode.
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Details on special features:
- Audio Commentary by Jonathan Frakes, Tawny Newsome and Mike McMahan (Ep. 301)
- Docking at Deep Space 9 (Ep. 306)
- Audio Commentary by Nana Visitor, Armin Shimerman, Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells, Jack Quaid, Eugene Cordero and Mike McMahan (Ep. 306)
- Audio Commentary by Barry Kelly, Kether Donohue and Mike McMahan (Ep. 307)
- Audio Commentary by Tawny Newsome, Noël Wells, Jack Quaid, Jerry O’ Connell and Mike McMahan (Ep. 308)
- Audio Commentary by Jack Quaid, Dawnn Lewis and Fred Tatasciore (Ep. 310)
- Lower Decktionary Season 3
Available for pre-order
Lower Decks season 3 is available for pre-order on DVD at Amazon, discounted to $22.14.
In addition to the DVD release, Lower Decks season 3 will also be available on Blu-ray MOD: Manufactured-On-Demand. Fans will be able to order the Blu-ray online by the time of the release of the DVD and we will provide an update when that link is available.
UPDATE: Now available for pre-order on Blu-ray at Amazon for $24.99.
The season will also be available on digital (including special features).
Also coming in March & April – SNW S1 & TNG movies on 4K Blu-ray
On March 21st season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, along with a limited edition Blu-ray Steelbook (see previous report for more details). You can pre-order the Blu-ray for $34.95 or the for DVD $34.95. The limited edition Blu-ray/Steelbook is $51.99.
On April 4th Paramount is releasing the four Star Trek: The Next Generation movies on 4K UHD Blu-ray. See our previous report for more details. You can pre-order them together in the Star Trek: The Next Generation 4-Movie Collection at Amazon, discounted to $77.99.
You can also pick up the individual movies at Amazon, priced between $22 and $26.
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Lots of audio commentary for Lower Decks’ 3rd season.
Right? I’m loving it!
Glad to hear about this. There were rumors that there wouldn’t be a Blu-ray release, which would really have been a shit-the-bed moment in my opinion.