Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion, DVD, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Norway 2014

While the Clone Wars episodes were released in shorter volume sets prior to complete seasons, this was the only DVD release of separate Rebels episodes on DVD in the Norwegian market. (The series WAS released in complete season sets later.) Released under the title "Spark of Rebellion", this release collects the first four "introductory" episodes of the series; "The Machine in the Ghost", "Art Attack", "Entanglement" and "Property of Ezra Bridger". From Wookiepedia: "Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion is a forty-four minute long (one-hour with commercials), two-part animated television movie that serves as the series premiere for the animated television series Star Wars Rebels. Spark of Rebellion received its first public screening at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. It was scheduled to appear online for WATCHDisneyXD.com subscribers on September 29, 2014, but the date was eventually moved up to September 26. It made its television debut on the Disney Channel on October 3, 2014 (concurrently with a Walmart-exclusive DVD release), followed by an October 6 airing on Disney XD. It was made available for digital download/VOD on October 4, and received wide release on DVD on October 14. On October 9, 2014, it was announced that the film would air on ABC on October 26, 2014 with a new scene featuring the Inquisitor and Darth Vader. This idea arose after George Lucas was screened the original version of the film. It was released again, on September 1, 2015, as part of Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season One in which it was split into two episodes. (Source). In the later years of Home Video, studios wanted to keep costs down, and the era of the "Premium Release" was over. Since it makes economic sense, the Nordic countries have common releases, using a common cover design including the plot synopsis and ratings info for all four countries. As this is an animated title, the release contains local dubs in addition to the original English soundtrack. I kept buying local DVD copies of Star Wars titles even after I'd made the switch to Blu-ray and UHD. It is a reflex with me, I see something Star Wars related on video and I buy it. They remain shrinkwrapped and unwatched, but have a natural place in a Star Wars on Video collection.