star wars on video

This set consists of an attractive slipcase housing a 6-disc DVD case. The discs are rips of the official NTSC DVDs. They come on dual-layered discs, so the original quality is preserved.

Though not specified in the menus, audio comes in original English Dolby Digital 5.1, as well as Japanese DD 5.1 and Chinese DD 2.0 dubs. French DD 2.0 is included on Eps. IV and VI, but that seems more like an oversight. There are mainly English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese subtitle tracks, though discs 2, 4, 5 and 6 have Thai subs as well. All discs have Closed Captioning subtitles too.

The THX optimizer feature and all DVD-ROM functions are intact. The audio commentary tracks are also preserved on all films, and this set even contains a 49x36cm fold-out poster (with a Lord of the Rings promo on the back). Disc 3 contains a BD-ROM folder with Papercraft templates for Star Wars vehicles.

Once all the Star Wars movies were officially available on DVD, the bootleggers switched tactics. Instead of simply getting the movies out there, they actually had to beat the legit releases by offering collected box sets and fancy packaging. As soon as Episode III was released, complete sets of all six movies started to appear out of Asia*, often with attractive packaging like the one here. Once again, the bootleggers have made an effort to pass this set off as an official release. The typos give them away, however. "Digitally mastered for supkerior sound and fioturk quality!? "20th Cenyury Fox Home Entretainment"?

*I am not 100% sure which country this originated from. The selection of Asian dubs and subtitles point to this set being Asian in origin. Disc 3 has a folder named "ZHE_ZHI", which appears to be Chinese. It was bought on eBay, but I can't recall which country the seller was from. The disc art on The Phantom Menace curiously has the title in Spanish.

6-disc case front

6-disc case spine

6-disc case back

Box top

Box bottom

Disc 1	Disc 2	Disc 3
Disc 4	Disc 5	Disc 6

Poster front (49x36cm)

Poster back (49x36cm)

Product photo

Assorted screenshots:

Ep. I Main menu	Ep. I Puppet yoda	Ep. II Main menu	Ep. II Anakin's hand

Ep. III Main menu	Ep. III Kashyyk roof	Ep. III No wipe	Ep. IV Main menu

Ep. IV Jabba 2004 version	Ep. V Main menu	Ep. V Matte painting SE	Ep. VI Main menu

Ep. VI Obi-Wan	Disc 3 Papercraft supplement (Sample)	Disc 3 Papercraft supplement (Sample)	Disc 3 Papercraft supplement (Sample)