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star wars episode i the phantom menace p & s 2 discs
in 1977 george lucas released star wars the ultimate sci fi popcorn flick turned pop culture myth machine . it quickly became the biggest money making film of all time and changed the shape of the film industry . after two successful sequels 1980s the empire strikes back and 1983s return of the jedi that extended the story of the first film lucas took some time off to produce movies for others with mixed success . in 1999 lucas returned to the star wars saga with a new approach instead of picking up where return of the jedi left off star wars episode i the phantom menace would be the first of a trilogy of stories to trace what happened in the intergalactic saga before the first film began . here obi wan kenobi ewan mcgregor is a young apprentice jedi knight under the tutelage of qui gon jinn liam neeson ; anakin skywalker jake lloyd who will later father luke skywalker and become known as darth vader is just a nine year old boy . when the trade federation cuts off all routes to the planet naboo qui gon and obi wan are assigned to settle the matter but when they arrive on naboo they are brought to amidala natalie portman the naboo queen by a friendly but opportunistic gungan named jar jar . qui gon and obi wan plan to escort amidala to a meeting of republic leaders in coruscant but trouble with their spacecraft strands them on the planet tatooine where qui gon meets anakin the slave of a scrap dealer . qui gon is soon convinced that the boy could be the leader the jedis have been searching for and he begins bargaining for his freedom and teaching the boy the lessons of the force . the supporting cast includes pernilla august as anakins mother terence stamp as chancellor valorum and samuel l. jackson as jedi master mace windu . jackson told a reporter before the phantom menaces release that the best part about doing the film was that he got to say may the force be with you onscreen . mark deming rovi . br br 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 menaces 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 . br br 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 .
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