Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.

Special features: Disc 1. Audio commentary featuring George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Ben Burtt, Rob Coleman, John Knoll, Dennis Muren and Scott Squires. Disc 2. Trailers; TV spots: The saga begins, All over again; Tone poems; Deleted scenes documentary; "The beginning" making episode I; Web documentaries: All I need is an idea, Thousands of things, Home sweet home, Boys in paradise, This is a creature film, Prime of the Jedi, Assistant directors, Three thousand Anakins, It's like war now, Costume drama, Bad droid karma, Movie music; Featurettes: Visual effects, Costumes, Design, Fights, Story; Animatics and still galleries: Introduction to animatics, Podrace lap one animatics, Submarine sequence animatics, Inclusive production photos, Print campaign, Posters, Star Wars starfighter, the making of a game; DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star wars content.

Production designer, Gavin Bocquet ; edited by Paul Martin Smith, Ben Burtt ; costume designer, Trisha Biggar ; casting by Robin Gurland ; sound design, Ben Burtt ; music by John Williams ; design director, Doug Chiang ; visual effects supervisors, John Knoll, Dennis Muren, Scott Squires ; animation director, Rob Coleman.

Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Pernilla August, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Oliver Ford Davies, Hugh Quarshie, Ahmed Best, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Terence Stamp.

As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they meet a slave boy called Anakin Skywalker who is strong with the Force. They enlist his help in fighting the war, while the Jedis confront one of the Dark Jedis behind the invasion, Darth Maul, while his master Darth Sidious continues to lead the invasion as a "phantom" behind the scenes.

Rated PG.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; THX, Dolby digital.

In English Dolby digital 5.1 surround EX, Spanish 2.0 Dolby surround, or French 2.0 Dolby surround; optional English subtitles; closed captioned.