Rogue One: A Star Wars Story dominates this week’s home entertainment releases like it ruled the box office, but there are a few other offerings of interest including the raunchy, star-studded, R-rated comedy Office Christmas Party, a strong new film from Jim Jarmusch, plus Blu-ray editions of some 1990s anime classics including Mobile Suit Gundam 0083, and Martian Successor Nadesico.

Theatrical Movies

This week’s big release is probably going to suck all the oxygen out of the room.  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Disney, “PG-13,” $24.99, BD $39.99) was the #1 box office hit of 2016, earning $530.7 million at the domestic box office, a ripping good yarn that fit like a glove into the greater Star Wars continuity, and is simply a “must have” for Star Wars fans. Gareth Edwards’ film managed to earn an 85% positive rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and demonstrate that Disney’s success with The Force Awakens could be extended to “side stories” as well as those that concentrate on the main Star Wars characters and their descendants.

Needless to say not too many other major disc releases are slated for this week.  The one bit of counter-programming is the R-rated Office Christmas Party (Paramount, “R,” though the disc is “unrated,” 105 min., $29.99, BD $39.99), a raunchy and tasteless, but often funny comedy that benefits from an excellent cast including Jason Batman, Jennifer Anniston, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller, and Kate McKinnon, who dominates every scene she is in.

Those who enjoy indie romantic comedies might want to check out The Bounce Back (Fox, “PG-13,” 104 min., $22.98).  The movie didn’t get much of a theatrical release, but it did manage to snare a 60% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a very good score for a romcom.

Those who enjoy the films of Jim Jarmusch are in for a treat this week with the release of Paterson (Universal, “R,” 119 min., $19.98, BD $26.98), which features an excellent performance by Adam Driver in a slice-of-life drama that may be too bland for some, but which Jarmusch fans will likely see as the apotheosis of the mundane.

Anime

The only new (to North America) disc release this week is the Girls Beyond the Wasteland: Complete Collection (Sentai Filmworks, 300 min., Subtitles Only, $49.98, BD $59.98), which collects the 12-episode 2016 TV anime series from Project No. 9 that is based on drama/romance visual novel (game) developed by Minato Soft.

But this week it is re-releases of classic anime in high-def Blu-ray editions that are actually more interesting than the new stuff. The top re-releases include the classic 1990s OVA collection, Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Complete Collection (Right Stuf, 444 min., $49.98, BD $59.98), which presents the 13-episode OVA mecha classic in high-def along with the compilation film made from the series.

Also of interest is a new Blu-ray edition of the Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy (Right Stuff, 412 min., Subtitles Only, BD $59.95), which contains the three movies that were edited from the original 43-episode Mobile Suit Gundam TV series.  Unlike most “compilation films” these first Gundam movies were extremely important in popularizing the franchise, which had failed at first when the 50-episode series was cancelled after 43 episodes had been produced, but which gained new life from reruns and these films, which excised some of the less successful elements of the original TV series.

The third major re-release this week is a new BD edition of the classic 1990s science fiction comedy series, the Martian Successor Nadesico Complete Collection (Right Stuff, 740 min., $49.99, BD $74.99), one of the most entertaining anime series of the 1990s (or any other decade), a show that slips effortlessly from mecha drama to comedy, parody, and back again.

TV on DVD

The only new (to North America) releases this week come from across the pond.  There are plenty of police procedurals in the U.K., and a good example of the genre is DCI Banks: Season 5 (BBC, 600 min., $34.98), but the most interest UK release this week is Silent Witness: The Complete Season 18 (BBC, 580 min., $34.98), which follows the long running  adventures of a team of forensic pathologists as they solve a series of baffling crimes.

The U.S. releases are all older series.  The most recent is The Good Wife: The Complete Series (Paramount, 6,600 min., $117.99), a massive 42-disc collection that includes all 156 episodes of the excellent CBS legal series that starred Julianna Margolies and ran from 2009 to 2016.

Another fairly recent series offering is Medium: The Complete Series (Paramount, 5,460 min., $84.98), a 35-disc collection of all 130 episodes of the Patricia Arquette-starring series that aired from 2005-2009.

The one vintage TV release that is actually on disc for the first time is Diff’rent Strokes: The Complete 5th Season (Shout Factory, 585 min., $29.93), which collects 24 episodes from the 1990s sitcom that made stars of Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges.

Also due on Tuesday is the single-disc compilation, The Carol Burnett Show: The Best of Tim Conway (Time-Life, 100 min., $12.95), which collects four episodes featuring the best efforts of the talented comedian.