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New Episode I DVD Specs Info
Wed, Jun 20, 01 08:25:02 AM EDT Adam Richardson has done some great sleuth work:
"If you look closely at the back cover for the TPM DVD box art (TheDigitalBits scan), you'll see that there is a featurette called "Star Wars-Starfighter--The Making of a Game" featurette from Lucasarts. I don't believe this was announced at all, perhaps a sign that not all the features have been announced. Also, there is DVD-ROM content "a weblink to exclusive Star Wars content."
I wasn't sure if you had posted this, and thought I could save a lot of people from straining their eyes ;-) Hope this helps."
Certainly does help Adam, great eye. If anyone sees additional information or has a complete transcript of the information on the back cover, please email TFN.
Update: In the paragraph above the credits, the following is clearly visible:
Begin your STAR WARS DVD collection with STAR WARS: Episode I THE PHANTOM MENACE. Packed with over six hours of additional material, including exclusive documentaries and never-before-seen deleted scenes, this 2-Disc set provides the perfect showcase for the incredible detail and breathtaking scope of George Lucas's first episode in the mythic STAR WARS saga.
"Begin your STAR WARS DVD collection...?" That sure sounds like more Star Wars DVD's are forthcoming. The Star Wars DVD saga continues... Star Wars Tops Amazon Hit List
Wed, Jun 20, 01 08:18:04 AM EDT
Check our Miscellaneous section for this Episode 1-related story. EPI DVD Released October 17th In Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg & Australia
Wed, Jun 20, 01 04:46:48 AM EDT
This in from Sompeetalay from the Belgian Star Wars Fan Club:
We have received the official press message of Fox Belgium and the release of the DVD in the Benelux will be 17 october. It is a Wednesday and movies, as well as VHS's or DVD's are usually released on that day in the week.
Thanks also to WJ from the Dutch Star Wars Fan Club Echo Base for the alert.
Update:
This in from Leighton:
EzyDVD has the Phantom Menace DVD already up for pre-order. $39.95 and free shipping. It's out October 17th in line for the International release.
Andrew also alerts us to news of the Australian release. Here's an excerpt from the Australian press release:
AUSTRALIA, Sydney, (June 20, 2001) - Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announce the worldwide DVD release of George Lucas's STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE, on October 17, 2001. The highly anticipated arrival of Episode I marks the first film of the Star Wars saga to debut on DVD. Packed with over six hours of additional material, including exclusive documentaries and never-before-seen footage, this 2-Disc set will transport the viewer deeper into the Star Wars universe than ever before.
The rest of the press release is the same as the Fox Press Release we posted yesterday. Full DVD Package Design At DigitalBits
Wed, Jun 20, 01 04:35:49 AM EDT
DigitalBits have posted the full non-distorted package design, and they expect to have a higher resolution scan very soon. To see the complete cover click here. UK EPI DVD Release Confirmed As October 15th
Wed, Jun 20, 01 03:50:54 AM EDT
For once it pays to live in the UK with regards to Star Wars as UK residents will get the Episode I DVD a FULL 24 hrs before the US & Canada. You can see the cover by clicking here and read more about it at:
The Sun Newspaper by clicking here,
Popcorn by clicking here, and
Empire Online by clicking here
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Update:
Paul sends us info from the worldwide press release received in the UK. Here's an excerpt:
CENTURY CITY, Calif., (June 19, 2001) - Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announce the worldwide DVD release of George Lucas's STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE, beginning October 15, 2001. The highly anticipated arrival of Episode I marks the first film of the Star Wars saga to debut on DVD. Packed with over six hours of additional material, including exclusive documentaries and never-before-seen footage, this 2-Disc set will transport the viewer deeper into the Star Wars universe than ever before.
As with the Australian press release, the rest is the same as the Fox Press Release we posted yesterday. EPI DVD Released October 25th In Germany, Austria & Switzerland
Wed, Jun 20, 01 03:37:30 AM EDT
StarWars-union.de is reporting that Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are set to receive the Episode I DVD on October 25th, just 9 days after the US/Canadian release. You can see the German box scan in this link. If any other foreign release dates or package scans become available, please email TFN. Episode I DVD Back Cover Art
Wed, Jun 20, 01 02:51:53 AM EDT
DVDFile has scored again! This time they have a scan of the back cover art for The Phantom Menace DVD.

We at TFN have composited the back cover into the TPM DVD casing which was released at the official site earlier today.

Big thanks to DVDFile for the scan! Access Hollywood Talks SW2
Wed, Jun 20, 01 12:31:20 AM EDT
Esco67 posted in the forums that tommorow Access Hollywood will have a news segment on SW. It will include the Episode 1 cut version or something like that, sounds like word on the Phantom Edits. According to their teaser they'll also have Episode II news. And of course, the big word of the day was the TPM DVD release.
Please write in with a full report after you see the show! More TPM DVD Talk
Wed, Jun 20, 01 12:12:23 AM EDT
Everyone is talking about the Episode I DVD, including mainstream news sites and television shows. Included on the net is a new Associated Press article with a new quote from Ward on the release of the Classic Triology on DVD:
""Star Wars'' is going DVD, finally.
George Lucas' science-fiction saga will begin its transition to DVD with the Oct. 16 release of a two-disc set for ""Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,'' Lucasfilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox said Tuesday.
The ""Star Wars'' films are among the most eagerly awaited films that have yet to appear on DVD. There still are no immediate plans for DVD release of the three original installments, ""Star Wars,'' ""The Empire Strikes Back'' and ""Return of the Jedi.''
""We wanted to get this first episode out,'' said Jim Ward, vice president of marketing for Lucasfilm. ""Someday, absolutely, the others will be released. We just don't know when.''
""The Phantom Menace'' DVD set will include audio commentary by Lucas, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film, and featurettes about the plot, design, costumes, visual effects and fight scenes.
And EOnline talks about the release as well, and more on the Phantom Edits at the bottom of this piece:
The great disturbance you're hearing isn't coming from your VCR.
Force freaks, get ready to add another version of director George Lucas' space opera to your already overcrowded Star Wars video shelf.
Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox on Tuesday announced the release of Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace on DVD this fall, marking the first time the Star Wars saga will be distributed on the digital format.
"Finally, it is here," the relieved Peter M. Bracke writes on his DVDfile.com, a site dedicated to the digital format. "It is hard to believe that what we've all longed for ever since we picked up our first DVD players has finally arrived."
After umpteen versions on VHS and laserdisc, Lucasfilm is going all out for its first DVD from the Star Wars saga.
"We're very excited about the added-value material," says Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynn Hale. "We've got scenes newly created just for the DVD which were never completed for the film." Amazon Taking TPM DVD Pre-Orders
Wed, Jun 20, 01 12:09:57 AM EDT
Carl chimes in:
Carl from StarWarsFan.Org/DVD Sewer.com here. Just thought you might li

[Busaras]

Star Wars set for DVD
release

Phantom Menace: First Star Wars on DVD
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is to be
released on DVD in October.

The launch marks the first of the four-strong
Star Wars saga to be released on the format.

It is not known when the rest of the Star Wars
films will be released on DVD.

The Phantom Menace is the second
highest-grossing movie of all time and the
fourth in the series to be made although it
acts as a prequel to the previous trilogy.

The DVD release has
been digitally mastered
using THX technology -
a sound and picture
system designed by
Lucasfilm, the company
set up by director
George Lucas.

Special features

The DVD boasts more
than six hours of
additional material,
including exclusive
documentaries and new footage.

Other special features on the disc include the
first-ever commentary by director Lucas, a
deleted scenes documentary featuring seven
new sequences completed for the DVD, and an
hour-long documentary film culled from more
than 600 hours of behind-the-scenes footage.

The disc's sale is bound to generate intense
interest - more than five million copies of the
film on VHS were sold in the US within just 48
hours of release.

A fifth film in the series is currently in
production and is set for release next year.

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