Emirates’ Star Wars Marathon
Watch all first six Star Wars films onboard for the first time
14 December 2015 – Kiwi passengers travelling on Emirates will be able to enjoy the first six Star Wars movies in one epic journey from
January. For the first time, these films will be available on Emirates’ award-winning inflight entertainment system, ice.
Emirates currently operates three A380 services a day from Auckland to Dubai via Australia and adaily Boeing 777-300
from Christchurch, all of which feature ice.
Passengers will be able to immerse themselves in a dedicated Star Wars section of ice Digital Widescreen. This will include: Star Wars: A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Return of the
Jedi (1983); Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Revenge of the
Sith (2005).
“We always aim to offer our passengers the best content on board and are delighted to bring the first six Star Wars
movies to our screens. With a total run time of over 13 hours, customers could watch all six films at one go on some of
our long haul flights. It will allow Star Wars enthusiasts to re-watch the classic films and gives others a chance to
see why these movies have such a huge fan base worldwide,” said Patrick Brannelly, Emirates’ Divisional Vice President –
Customer Experience.
The Star Wars feature is in addition to over 2,000 channels of on-demand entertainment available onice Digital Widescreen including over 500 movies in January 2016.
The seventh and soon to be released instalment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available on Emirates in early
2016.
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