Mile high Star Wars marathon

Emirates customers will be able to enjoy the first six Star Wars movies in one epic journey from January next year. A first in in-flight entertainment, the epic movies will be available on Digital Widescreen on Emirates' award-winning entertainment system, ice.

The movies 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. 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 on ice Digital Widescreen including over 500 movies in January 2016.

The seventh and soon to be released installment, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available on Emirates in early 2016.