Star Wars EP II

[b]Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones[/b], hitting DVD on 11/12 in both 2.35:1 anamoprhic widescreen and full screen versions. Just released are the full specs:

Attack of the Clones, mastered directly from the digital source by THX for superior sound and picture quality, presented in Dolby 5.1 Surround EX (English) and Dolby 2.0 Surround (English, Spanish and French)

Audio commentary by Writer-Director George Lucas; Producer Rick McCallum; Editor and Sound Designer Ben Burtt; Visual Effects Supervisors Pablo Helman, John Knoll and Ben Snow; and Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, offering personal insights into the making of the film.

Eight deleted scenes created for the DVD release, with introductions by George Lucas, Rick McCallum and Ben Burtt

“From Puppets to Pixels,” an all-new, full-length documentary that tracks the revolution in digital character animation, featuring the creation of the digital Yoda, Dexter Jettster and more

“State of the Art: The Previsualization of Episode II,” an all-new documentary featuring never-before-seen Animatics of Episode II

Ben Burtt and his team explain the process of creating the sound for Episode II in the all-new documentary “Films Are Not Released; They Escape”

Three behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring Episode II’s storyline, action scenes and love story

All 12 parts of “Making Episode II,” the web documentaries that first appeared here at starwars.com

The “Across the Stars” music video featuring John Williams

Downloaded by millions from starwars.com, the original theatrical teaser and launch trailers, plus 12 TV spots

Galleries of theatrical posters, print campaign from around the world, and never-before-seen production photos

An Episode II visual effects breakdown montage from Industrial Light & Magic

HoloNet News website

DVD-ROM weblink to exclusive Star Wars content Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones Special Edition VHS includes six deleted scenes and a “Star Wars Connections” featurette hosted by R2-D2 and C-3PO, who explain the Star Wars story to new fans of the series.

The Attack of the Clones DVD will retail for $29.98 ($41.98 in Canada), while the VHS format will retail for $24.98 ($28.98 in Canada).

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Updated: September 11, 2002 — 9:02 pm