It’s no surprise from this to find the disc’s HDR10 metadata giving us a maximum light level of 724 nits, and a high maximum Frame Average Light Level of 647 nits. But while these sequences are certainly HDR/wide color highlights, pretty much every frame benefits in some way from HDR’s expanded light range. The climactic battle between the hotch-potch Rebel army and the Empire’s new fleet is also packed with gorgeous HDR and explosions of spectacular color. You can also see some subtle differences in the way different lightsabers radiate their light that I haven’t really felt aware of before outside of a Dolby Cinema. Right from the opening shot the film posts some strikingly aggressive HDR use, as blindingly bright, richly coloured lightsabers puncture the darkness around them with fearsome intensity. Though at the same time, I’m not quite as blown away by it as some other 4K Blu-ray reviewers (whose opinions I respect very much, I should add!) have been.ĭespite the presence here of a native 4K DI, it wasn’t the detail of the Rise Of Skywalker 4K disc that first impressed me, but rather its HDR.

This results in the all-round best Star Wars 4K Blu-ray picture to date. Photo: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, Walt Disney Studios It's a shame Rise doesn't focus more on this little lot rather than getting bogged down in a wider.

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