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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace [P&S] [2 Discs]
Description by Perry Seibert

Episode I of the Star Wars films comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the movie. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital 2.0. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by George Lucas and many of the people who worked behind the camera on the film, deleted scenes, storyboards, numerous featurettes, a music video, trailers, and a 12-part documentary that was produced for the Internet. This is a great disc for what it is, but the same extras are available on another edition that also has a widescreen image. That version is superior to this one.

Features
  • Disc 1:
  • Commentary by George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, and Scott Squires
  • Pan & Scan (Aspect Ratio 1.33:1)
  • Sound: English Dolby 5.1 Surround Ex
  • French Dolby 2.0 Surround
  • Spanish Dolby 2.0 Surround
  • Subtitles: English
  • Disc 2:
  • Exclusive deleted scenes documentary features seven new sequences completed just for this dvd release, including extended podrace scenes
  • All-new hour-long documentary film culled from over 600 hours of footage, "The Beginning" takes you where few people have been before-inside the Lucasfilm and ILM during production of Episode 1
  • Multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-film segment featuring the submarine and podrace lap 1 sequence
  • Five featurettes explore The Phantom Menace's storyline, design, costumes, visual effects and light scenes
  • Award-winning twelve-part web documentary series that chronicles the production of Episode 1
  • "Duel of the Fates" music video featuring John Williams
  • Never-before-seen production photo gallery
  • with special caption feature
  • Theatrical posters and print campaign from around the world
  • Theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus seven tv spots
  • "Star Wars: Starfighter-The Making of a Game" featurette from LucasArts
  • DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star Wars content
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