Episode III Coming to DVD Nov 1 + Extras

[Fred Jones]

I didn't see this posted

Trove of Behind-the-Scenes Extras on Episode III DVD

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/video/news20050926.html

On November 1, Revenge of the Sith will be coming to DVD. All the action, spectacle, drama and emotion of the Star Wars finale will be available for home viewing with unprecedented picture and sound quality, mastered directly from the digital source material. Aside from the movie itself, the DVD release contains a wealth of behind-the-scenes bonus material that examines the making of Episode III.

The bonus material is found on disc two, the centerpiece of which is a newly produced feature called Within a Minute. Envisioned as a "mini-film school," the documentary takes a 49-second sequence of the movie and examines all the work that went into its creation. From pre-production artists to costume designers, from camera operators to make-up artists, from sound designers to musicians and more, the cast and crew of Episode III are featured in this documentary hosted by Producer Rick McCallum.

"There are hundreds of names and jobs in the end credits of Revenge of the Sith, but hardly anyone understands just what all of those people do and what an enormous contribution they make to the movie," says Tippy Bushkin, director of Within a Minute. "By focusing on less than 60 seconds of the movie, Rick McCallum and George Lucas examine the entire process of making Episode III in a fun and fascinating way."

In addition to Within a Minute, there are two other documentary featurettes -- The Chosen One, which examines Anakin's transformation into Darth Vader; and It's All For Real, a look at the stuntwork of Episode III. There are also 15 installments of the popular Making Episode III web documentary series that premiered on starwars.com Hyperspace.

Also among the bonus material on disc two are deleted scenes that expand the story of Episode III. Already, members of Hyperspace: The Official Star Wars Fan Club have sneaked glimpses of three of them. "The deleted scenes include one that fans have been waiting a long time to see, one that shows Yoda arriving on the swamp planet of Dagobah," says Jim Ward, Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm and Executive Producer of the DVD release. "George worked with Industrial Light & Magic and Producer Rick McCallum to finish most of these scenes with complete visual effects and sound design, and they bring a new perspective to the movie."

Someone sent me the below information for those interested. I don't have a link, but it came from Now Playing Magazine.

Rick McCallum, who served as producer on the recent Star Wars films, revealed to Now Playing Magazine some of the details of the two upcoming TV series based on the franchise created by George Lucas. "The live-action television series is something we're planning for just at the beginning of 2007," McCallum said in an interview while promoting the upcoming DVD of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith at Lucas' Skywalker Ranch in northern California. "We're just starting to interview writers and trying to really figure out which direction [to go]."

McCallum added that the series will have a different tone than the features and will introduce characters that weren't seen on the big screen. "It is going to be much darker, much grittier. It's going to be character-based. [Lucas] envisions somewhere like 100 hours, [set] between Episode III and Episode IV, with a lot of characters that we haven't met, but [who] have been developed in some of the novels and other things. We're really excited about that, because I think finally we're going to have the opportunity to answer everybody's questions once and for all by the time we finish the series.”

McCallum also revealed that the live-action series is likely to be based in Sydney, Australia, and will be filmed in hi-def, while production on the animated series is already underway at Skywalker Ranch. "The animation is being done as we speak," he told the magazine. "It's starting to prep. That's being done here at the Ranch. A lot of the effects are being done in Singapore. ... I think it's just now in the conceptual work and script work [phase]. I think George is trying to get 13 scripts done first before we really start to get into the pipeline of it. But that'll start happening probably at the end of March."

[PCS]

In a word. :cool:

[codeorama]

Awesome...!!!

[SkinsForLife260]

Def going to buy it.

[halter91]

I just got done watching and wow!! Awesome movie. I literally filled in all the blanks. I never read the books and wasn't real big into the storie, but it was a damn good movie. I still love Padame!! What a babe!!!