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===DVD release===
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[[File:Ep1DVD.jpg|thumbnail|200px|''The Phantom Menace'' on [[Star Wars DVD releases|DVD]].]]
[[File:Ep1DVD.jpg|thumbnail|200px|''The Phantom Menace'' on [[Star Wars DVD releases|DVD]].]]
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''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' was released on [[Star Wars DVD releases|DVD]] in 2001; it was the first ''Star Wars'' film to be officially released on DVD. The DVD version of the film had [[List of changes in Star Wars re-releases#2001 Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace DVD|certain scenes and other elements edited and inserted]] by George Lucas, making it slightly different from its theatrical release while retaining an identical plot. Some scenes were modified, and some that were unfinished by the date of release were added to the film. To date, this is the only ''Star Wars'' film whose theatrical release is not available on DVD (excepting the 1997 versions of the original trilogy).
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''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' was released on [[Star Wars DVD releases|DVD]] in 2001; it was the first ''Star Wars'' film to be officially released on DVD.
The DVD features a commentary track by Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, editor [[Ben Burtt]], animation director [[Rob Coleman]], and visual effects supervisors [[John Knoll]], [[Dennis Muren]], and [[Scott Squires]]. It includes seven deleted scenes completed specifically for the DVD, and ''The Beginning: Making Episode I'', an hour-long documentary film drawn from more than 600 hours of footage, including an insider's look at Lucasfilm and ILM during the production. The viewer can access a multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-film segment featuring the submarine and podrace lap 1 sequences. The DVD includes two documentary sources, five featurettes exploring the storyline, design, costumes, visual effects, and fight sequences in the film, and an award-winning twelve-part web documentary series chronicling the production. The ''Duel of the Fates'' music video featuring [[John Williams]] was included on the DVD as well. The final special features included are a never-before-seen production photo gallery with a special caption feature, theatrical posters and print campaigns from around the world, a theatrical teaser and launch trailers, seven TV spots, ''Star Wars: Starfighter - The Making of a Game'' featurette from [[LucasArts]], and a DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive ''Star Wars'' content.
The DVD features a commentary track by Lucas, producer Rick McCallum, editor [[Ben Burtt]], animation director [[Rob Coleman]], and visual effects supervisors [[John Knoll]], [[Dennis Muren]], and [[Scott Squires]]. It includes seven deleted scenes completed specifically for the DVD, and ''The Beginning: Making Episode I'', an hour-long documentary film drawn from more than 600 hours of footage, including an insider's look at Lucasfilm and ILM during the production. The viewer can access a multi-angle storyboard-to-animatic-to-film segment featuring the submarine and podrace lap 1 sequences. The DVD includes two documentary sources, five featurettes exploring the storyline, design, costumes, visual effects, and fight sequences in the film, and an award-winning twelve-part web documentary series chronicling the production. The ''Duel of the Fates'' music video featuring [[John Williams]] was included on the DVD as well. The final special features included are a never-before-seen production photo gallery with a special caption feature, theatrical posters and print campaigns from around the world, a theatrical teaser and launch trailers, seven TV spots, ''Star Wars: Starfighter - The Making of a Game'' featurette from [[LucasArts]], and a DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive ''Star Wars'' content.