Star Wars Trilogy - Special Russian Edition, DVD, Russia, 2005


This slipcase houses a 3-disc fold-out Digipak cover with episodes 4,5 and 6. All the discs are rips of the official NTSC DVDs, with all the changes made for the 2004 version.

Unlike the motion menus on the original releases, these are all still frames. There are two Russian audio options, one is a single-person voiceover (labelled "Gavrilov"* on the selection menu), the other is labelled "Multi-voice". Both are in Dolby Digital 5.1. The original English Dolby Digital 5.1 sound is also available. The "THX optimizer" is still visible on the menu, but can no longer be selected, neither can the "StarWars.com" option.

On Star Wars and Empire there are two English subtitle tracks, but only one of them is selectable from the Options menu. The other is a "Closed Captioned" track. (See screenshot sample below.) Return of the Jedi has just the "normal" subtitle track.

These are factory-pressed, dual-layered discs, so the "Superbit" claim has some legitimacy. The VOBs are dated 02.06.2005

*From Google AI: "The name Gavrilov is associated with Star Wars through the Russian voice actor Andrey Gavrilov, who voiced characters in the Russian dub of the films."

Box top
Box bottom
Disc 1
Disc 2
Disc 3
Gatefold outside
Gatefold inside
Product photo
Product photo
Product photo

Assorted screenshots from Star Wars:
Main menu
Chapter menu (Sample)
Options menu
Fox fanfare
Title card
Opening crawl (Cropped)
Star Destroyer
Droid spa
Binoculars
Greedo, no subtitles
Jabba (2004 version), No subtitles
Ben's saber
Praxis effect
End credits
Closed Captions sample
Assorted screenshots from The Empire Strikes Back:
Main menu
Chapter menu (Sample)
Options menu
Fox fanfare
Title card
Opening crawl
Binoculars
Binoculars
On Dagobah
Alert all commmands
Matte painting Special Ed.
Duel
Falcon dish in frame
End credits
Closed Captions sample
Assorted screenshots from Return of the Jedi:
Main menu
Chapter menu (Sample)
Options menu
Fox fanfare
Title card
Opening crawl
Star Destroyer
Jedi rocks
Jabba subtitles
Obi Wan
Emperor's slug
Duel
Praxis effect
Coruscant celebration (w/Jedi temple)
End credits