Star Wars EP1 DVD: The Wait is Over!!!

[LuZeR]

this might not be a deal, but this is definetly post-worthy.
$30 for the 2-disc set.
the wait is postponed till Oct 16....

Star Wars EP 1 DVD



<< DVD: The Wait is Over
June 19, 2001


On October 16, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will begin the worldwide release of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace on DVD. The highly anticipated arrival of Episode I marks the first film of the Star Wars saga to debut on DVD.
Enthusiastic fans of the film will be rewarded for their patience. Clocking in at about 480 minutes in length, it features over six hours of additional bonus material, including brand new visual effects sequences executed just for the DVD release.

Here's what the two-disc set will feature:

The Phantom Menace, mastered by THX for superior sound and picture quality, presented in Anamorphic Widescreen and Dolby 5.1 Surround EX (English), Dolby 2.0 Surround (English and Spanish), and Dolby 2.0 Surround (French, for Canadian release)
Audio commentary by Writer-Director George Lucas; Producer Rick McCallum; Co-Editor and Sound Designer Ben Burtt; Visual Effects Supervisors Scott Squires, John Knoll and Dennis Muren; and Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, offering personal insights into the making of the film
Seven never-before-seen deleted scenes with full visual effects completed just for the DVD release
&quot;The Beginning&quot; -- an all-new hour-long documentary culled from over 600 hours of footage offering unprecedented access inside Lucasfilm and ILM during the making of Episode I
Multi-angle storyboard to animatic to finished film feature, that lets you flip through the various phases of development of key action sequences
Five behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring The Phantom Menace's storyline, designs, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes
The popular &quot;Duel of the Fates&quot; music video that debuted in 1999
All 12 parts of the Lynne's Diaries, the web documentaries that first appeared here at starwars.com
Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign, and never-before-scene production photos
Downloaded by millions from starwars.com, the original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven TV spots including the &quot;tone poems&quot;
The two-disc set is priced at $ 29.98 in the U.S. and $ 41.98 in Canada.
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[nuffsaid]

After waiting what seemd a lifetime for that movie, IT SUCKED....sorry. NOT a hot deal.

 

[zmatrix]

still gota wait until october....

 

[csiro]

Noooo...no more Jar Jar Binks again...

 

[Joyride]

Awesome I am gonna pre order it ASAP

I am extremely surprised that the DVD is coming out this soon. The only rumors I have ever heard was that George wasn't going to Release the dvds of the new episodes until the Episode 3 was released.

I really don't know if I should get this right when it comes out or wait until George gets his heard out of his butt and releases all (soon to be 6) episodes. Hopefully that will be before I die.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[LuZeR]

i honestly enjoyed the movie; sans JAR-JAR...

 

[Deathgame]

Nice, i like star wars....enjoyed the movie.
Some people hate it, some people like it.
Peace!!

 

[chexi]

The movie was honestly... gay.

Jar-Jar Butnut
Medaclorigayans
Giving Obi wan permission to train Aniken
Aniken

The only way this movie could have been gayer is if Lucas has made it into a musical.

I could go on, but what's the point.

 

[Sanjoelo]

Hoo boy. Here we go...

<insert opinion about EP1 here>

<insert opinion about other SW films here>

<insert opinion about Lucas here>

<insert opinion about Jar Jar here>

<insert opinion about lack of DTS here>

I'd much rather pay $20.99 though.

Or even $22.95

-JB

 

[chexi]

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

$21 at dvdempire.com and $23 at amazon.com in case anyone is interested.

 

[Schlocemus]

I wonder what &quot;extra features&quot; are going to be on the DVD, hmmmm.....oh well
I think that I might wait for an all-6 set, if I'm still alive

 

[LuZeR]

jbtech;
good finds on prices....

for the record, i think Samuel Jackson couldnt act....

 

[Joyride]

After the first 5 minutes of not understanding what the hell Jar Jar was saying I started to find him kinda funny.

But thats my opinion.

I can not wait for next year and Episode 2

 

[Buggsly0]

At least thing didn't bring any of the muppets from Jedi into episode 1, remember those and enjoy.

 

[smartt]

I'm going to hold out for Space Balls 2!

 

[Lon3W0lf]

that movie really sucked. Lucas really lost his touch and went the sh1tty kiddy Disn3y root.

DAMN HIM TO HELL!!!!!

Just my 2 cents


- lon3wolf

 

[Serpentor]

I'd much rather see a DVD release of The Phantom Edit, The Phantom Menace professionally editted with 20 minutes of footage removed. I haven't seen it yet, but it supposedly removes Jar Jar and certain questionable lines with no affect to the storyline.

Read all about it here.

 

[chexi]

luzer... Bingo. I forgot about that one.

 

[Seyba]

I would buy it if there is an option to cut all Jarjar scenes. (even if it makes the movie not make sense)

 

[SuperWrat]

NATALIE PORTMAN!!! *DROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL*

 

[ProUser]

Dang.. time to try and find a copy of the Phantom Edit!

 

[YahooUser]

First off. you have to remember that the STAR WARS series is PG or even closer to G rated. They consist of a very simple plot and story line. Also, Eposide 4 was over 20 years ago and we watched it when most of us were kids (young and nieve). 20 years latter most of us are adults with brains that can think outside a fantasy world. Of course the simple plot and story line wont fool us this time. AND dont forget, by now most of knows that Darth Vader is Lukes dad and we know that he was once good and got turned to the dark side. Most of us even now how that happens. It's like reading a book before you see a movie. If read a book and get a mental picture of how things happen, then you see the movie and the director cant read your mind and film it exactly like you picture it, then you get upset. in most case you say the book is much better than the movie. in this case you say the movie sucks. I revisited Return of the Jedi recently and I cant believe that 3 feet monkey men throwing rocks from a sling shot, took out an emperal strong hold. But when I was 10, I wanted to be a Jedi Knight. and today, my 10 year old nephew wants to be a Jedi Knight.

 

[Hgabriel]

Hardly a hot deal. I'm sure with promotions, you should be able to snag this set for under $25.
I rather liked EP1. I'm a Star Wars fan, but not a junkie. I appreciated the movie simply for it's setup of the next 2 episodes.

Jar Jar Binks was fine. Darth Maul was great. Qui Gon Jin sucked, but he is dead, so yeay!

 

[Danzilla]

It says something about the quality of the movie (compared to it's predecessors) that individuals have felt it necessary to re-edit this movie. From what I've heard, there are two main revisions (no, I don't know where to get them). They include edits such as A) cutting Jar-Jar scenes and B) re-voicing Jar-Jar. I guess Lucas was so happy with his new special effects (Jar-Jar) that he didn't bother with details like content. It makes me think of PC games with excellent graphics that just don't play worth a damn.
$.02,
D.