There were two Star Wars-related announcements during Comic Con last week that aren't particularly huge but that are pretty cool nonetheless. The first of these was the release of what Lucasfilm is calling the Star Wars Blu-ray: Early Access app for the iPad (and, in August, other mobile devices). The Early Access app allows you to access select special features from the upcoming Star Wars Blu-ray sets, including concept art, interviews, and commentaries. The app itself is pretty slick-looking, too.

They were a tad slow to the party, but the move was inevitable. DC Comics has announced that they will begin releasing digital comics of all their titles day-and-date alongside their print counterparts. Apparently, this is going to begin around the end of the summer and lead into September before the new plan is fully implemented, but the point is they're doing it.

If you've visited Amazon.com's homepage today, you may have done what I did and ignored the big jpeg of a letter to customers. Those so rarely have anything important to say. However, after doing my morning browse of internet news, I discovered that this particular letter indeed does contain some interesting information. Amazon now offers streaming movies to members of Amazon Prime, the account upgrade that, for $75 a year, gives you free two-day shipping on most any order not fulfilled through a third-party retailer. Right now, the streaming offerings and quality are nothing special -- and are in fact a bit lacking -- but Amazon is clearly gearing up to compete more directly with Netflix.