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It’s Star Wars Day. Time to look for those rare Star Wars items on sale and to enjoy those John Williams soundtracks.

Yes, even fans that were disappointed by the alternations on the original trilogy can still enjoy the original music, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

The main themes remain in most of the official original trilogy soundtracks so I’ve heard only a few complaints over the years about them. Except of course when it comes to Lapti Nek (by the Max Rebo Band) and the original Ewok celebration theme (a.k.a “Yub Nub”), both of which were featured on the original Return of the Jedi CD soundtrack release and in the 1993 Anthology.

As for the films, DVD is the end of the road for me.

Perhaps Disney will release a limited edition Blu-ray collection that includes the original footage from the original trilogy years from now. But I see no point in investing in higher resolution copies of the current remasters, for reasons that should be obvious to anyone who were not introduced to the franchise with the prequels.

I am interested in seeing JJ Abrams’ take on the sequel trilogy though, which are scheduled for release in 2015, 2017 and 2019 according to The Guardian. I like most of the films he worked on.

GuitarCenter.com has extended numerous offers for Canadians, including their free shipping offer for orders over $199 Canadian.

Until July 16th, you will be able to enjoy the aforementioned free shipping offer and 5% off orders over $199 Canadian with coupon code LESPAUL. You can also use this LESPAUL coupon code to get 10% off orders over $999 Canadian until July 16th, 2013.

iTunes is ten years old today !

It went online on April 28th, 2003, offering Apple users 200,000 recordings, and sold over ten million mp3s by the time Windows compatible software was released for the service, on October 15th, 2003.

You can again trade in your old DVDs for discounts towards select Blu-Ray titles at Best Buy Canada and Future Shop stores, until May 23rd, 2013.

You can save $5 on select Blu-ray titles, $10 on select 3D Blu-ray titles and $15 on select Television series Blu-ray titles.

Over 80 titles are available for Trade-In in store at Future Shop, all marked with Trade & Save stickers. The amount of selections available at Best Buy Canada stores has not been published on their site.

The trade in offers are back at Best Buy Canada this month and up to February 14th, 2013.

You can trade in individual DVD or Blu-rays for $5 each toward select, individual blu-ray titles at participating stores.

Click here for additional details.

Amazon.ca is now offering Prime to their Canadian customers.

This shipping service costs $79 per year, plus taxes, and enables customers to receive their shipments for free, without a minimum purchase. Click here for details.

Just thought I’d mention that Turner Classic Movies are offering Facebook members 25% off purchases at their shop. Just click on the 25% tab on the right of the main site and follow the instructions.

This company offers soundtracks on CD and classic films on DVD and blu-ray, some of which are very rare and unavailable elsewhere. And BTW, if you happen to miss the Facebook offer or have no Facebook account, you can also subscribe to their newsletter and get 10% off.

Spend $100 or more at Shop.ca on New Years Day and get two Cineplex movie tickets for free.

It appears that we will get the new season of this television comedy on Netflix in Canada after all.

Filming on Season 4 begun in August this year and new episodes are scheduled to air in 2013.