The Official Episode-I DVD Thread

To paraphrase Palpatine, "This is an unexpected move for him." Scenes restored to the narrative, enhanced and extended scenes in the Episode-I DVD. It's the Original Trilogy Special Edition all over again. Will this be George Lucas's final and definitive vision of Star Wars Episode-I: The Phantom Menace?

We all knew that there would be 7 deleted scenes featured on the Episode-I DVD, but hot news today from The Official Star Wars Website and TheForce.Net tells us that some of those scenes have actually not just been added to the extras but are actually included in run of the film itself.

Now I REALLY can't wait for October 15th!!!!

(Full story at SWMovies.Net)

No, there is said that there will be an archieval edition in 2006, that would maybe be the last edition

I can't wait til I get the DVD when it comes out in the U.S.

Originally posted by yerssot
No, there is said that there will be an archieval edition in 2006, that would maybe be the last edition

What was said was that affter Episode-III and a DVD release for that in 2006ish THEN they would go back and do the OT...

I'm a bit worried about the DVD now. The scenes were cut out for a reason. Probably to just reduce the length of the film but it's worried me a bit.

Got it Ratcat.

KJ, it's for making more money, probably for making ep II and III. But what I know about the DVD is that there are some scenes that I think would be a very good extension. Like the podrace-sequences. That was the only flaw in the trilogy, so I find it very good that there are some new features that will make the podrace better so I don't have to fastforward it.

What is for making more money?

And the pod race doesn't need to be any longer.

Personally I think that the podrace sequence was too short. Especially the 2nd lap that they add on to with the extra footage.

Good Lord, no, a longer pod race would cripple that film...

Truthfully, I could of done with a shorter pod race 🙄

Guess not everyone is thrilled with the podrace, I think they made new footage of this, so more people would like it

It was fine the way it was.

To be honest, it sucked! I hope that the new scenes will lift it up; let's hope and see

Why did it suck?

It doesn't do anything to the movie. They freed Annakin and they received the hyperdrive, ok.
But what was shown, QGJ said that podraces were very fast and very dangerous. From what I saw, even little boys can do that. The sequence was to short for being a major part of the movie, and for that I didn't liked it. It had importance to the movie, but it wasn't good, look at the fx for the drivers, certainly now with the new footage, they draw a figure and it was ok, they didn't think about it.

It's one of the best and most complicated FX sequences ILM have ever done. I thought it looked great.
I don't like races in films because you normally know who is going to win but the pod race was something else.

Only two of the racers finished, which is pretty dangerous.

If you read the database you'll know that there are more than 5 who finished.
I'm talking about the fx that involved the DRIVERS not the pods.
The drivers are really stupid made, and the fx doesn't change a thing

We only saw TWO racers finish.
The FX were amazing.

I know you only saw that.
And I'm ALWAYS very sceptic about fx; and STILL I don't think that the fx are good.
Look at the faces, the colors, the rocks at that moment...
I for one, don't think it's that good.

I find that amazing.

Yerrsot the rocks were REAL. They built a model track and the flew the camera through it.

TPM took a battering from the critics but I never heard any of them complain about the fx. If anything it was the fx that was being praised.