Robot Chicken: Star Wars debuts on U.S. XBVM

by Dustin Burg { Mar 4th 2008 at 4:00PM }

We have exciting news for Robot Chicken fanboys today as the special Robot Chicken: Star Wars episode is available for purchase exclusively through the U.S. Video Marketplace. We say exclusively because you can't purchase the episode stand alone or on DVD anywhere else. And really, if you have your DVD pre-order already in we'd probably recommend canceling it. Not only will you have to wait until May 20th for Robot Chicken: Star Wars to hit DVD status (ouch!), but you'll also be paying a lot more. Right now you can get the episode from the XBLM for the standard 240 Microsoft point price tag saving you about $7. May the force be with you!

Tags: robot-chicken, robot-chicken-star-wars, star-wars, xblm, xbox-video-marketplace, xbvm

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

baby sea tuna @ Mar 4th 2008 4:06PM

Bout damn time.

The Fuzz 53 @ Mar 4th 2008 4:20PM

Is it available in HD?

Bravo6 @ Mar 4th 2008 4:27PM

Is this a rental or do you get to keep these on your HD? I've not DL'd any yet, but would do this one.

ANt @ Mar 4th 2008 4:30PM

Unrelated, but MLB 2k8 is horrendous!!!

PSWii60 Gamer @ Mar 4th 2008 5:06PM

yes, you'll be 'paying a lot more' but you'll also get the convenience of watching it whenever you want, (even if it's months from now) instead of a timed window before it's locked and unplayable. rentals suck. if the ps3 goes that route with their rumored upcoming video store then i won't be purchasing anything from them either...

Dustin Burg @ Mar 4th 2008 5:20PM

Actually, I believe this is a purchase rather than a rental seeing that it is a special 20+ minute episode of the Robot Chicken televisions series.

PSWii60 Gamer @ Mar 4th 2008 6:20PM

my mistake. you're right. movies have the time limit while tv shows are 'yours' even though they're drm'd up the a**. i may actually download a tv show or two now.

i didn't realize that because my only experience with the video marketplace came with the austin powers movie that was made available for free. i downloaded that and when i finally went to watch it about two weeks later i received a message saying the content expired and was no longer available to me. a free freakin' movie had a time limit on it.

and if i can copy downloaded content to my psp from some future ps3 video store i may actually purchase something from there as well.

time limits and drm both suck... hopefully both services )when they're both available) improve over time