User blog:The Dragon Demands/Season 3 Blu-ray extras announced: Histories & Lore featurettes

We finally have details on the extras in the Season 3 Blu-ray, being released February 18th. Particularly, we now have a list of what the next set of "Complete Guide to Westeros" videos (a full hour of content) will be:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Game-of-Thrones-The-Complete-Third-Season-Blu-ray/69994/#Review

Deleted and Extended Scenes - Five scenes are available:
 * "Jon Meets Mance"
 * "Edmure, Robb and The Blackfish"
 * "Tywin and Pycelle"
 * "Small Council Discusses Wildling Threat"
 * "Jon Thinks About Escaping"

Well, I was really hoping for deleted scenes showing that Loras is really mourning Renly, and just "drowning his sorrows" with Olyver - Bryan Cogman said that he actually *scripted* such scenes but they were cut for time. I had hoped they'd filmed them. Well let's hope they make up for that in Season 4.

They've already previewed the Tywin and Pycelle scene. Interesting thing is that Julian Glover said in an interview that the producers liked it so much, and considered it such a waste to delete it, that they might shift it into a Season 4 episode.

An extended first meeting of Jon and Mance? Dear god, let's hope it's Mance singing The Dornishman's Wife from the books. Not just for the song, but it's a big part of Mance's character: he isn't a King's Landing style "king", he sings his own songs, people don't wait on him.

Roots of Westeros: "This sister-guide delves into the interweaving relationships, alliances, rivalries and feuds that stand between the various Houses of Westeros, again via "Histories & Lore" animated segments narrated by the series' main characters."

I can't tell what this is from the description: another set of videos? Was there something similar in the Season 2 set?

Histories & Lore: "The third season's animated "Histories & Lore" videos -- specifically those pertaining to Westeros' history and mythology -- cover everything from the Battle of Qohor to the Vale. Segments include:"


 * Old Ghis & Slaver's Bay (Jorah Mormont )
 * House Reed (Meera Reed)
 * House Bolton (Roose Bolton)
 * House Frey (Catelyn Stark)
 * House Tully (The Blackfish)
 * The Lord of Light (Thoros of Myr)
 * Wargs and the Sight (Bran Stark)
 * The Red Keep (King Joffrey)
 * Robert's Rebellion (Petyr Baelish and Lord Varys)
 * The North (Jon Snow)
 * The Reach (Margaery Tyrell)
 * The Riverlands (The Blackfish)
 * The Stormlands (Brienne of Tarth)
 * The Westerlands (Tywin Lannister)
 * The Vale (Petyr Baelish)