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Star Wars Rarities

July 14, 2007 on 12:46 am | In A. STAR WARS Rarities Items On DVD | No Comments

this is a list of dvd’s i have of hard to find star wars presentations. very cool stuff on the list…….

just rcvd;

2007 documentary; Star Wars The Legacy Revealed dvd this is similar to the dvd below “the mythology of star wars”.

animated 2008 movie clone wars WITH THE MISSING SCENES added back in. the scenes cut from the final draft of the movie spliced back into the movie. 1hour-47min

the complete 80s cartoon; EWOKS 2 dvd set

and SUPER COOL!: Split Screen versions! of the original theatrical trilogy of star wars, empire, and return of.., up against the 2004 special edition versions. professionally done split screens, grade A quality, now sit back and watch the difference from one version to the other in a killer split screen format. 1 dvd for each movie.

DISC 1) seasons one and two of the animated “CLONE WARS” series presented on cartoon network. on 1 disc A+ quality.

DISC 2) the complete animated cartoon series “DROIDS” following R2 and C3P0 on misc adventures. 2 dvd grade B+

DISC 3) a two disc, fan made, star wars film called “REVELATIONS”, it take place between episode 4 and 5. unlike most low budget fan films this is a pro quality production, very well done

DISC 4)”The Casting Auditions” (an hour long collection of black and white auditions, you cant believe some of the people you see in this that tried out for star wars roles, classic stuff)

DISC 5)”The Mythology of Star Wars” with Bill Moyer & George Lucas (an hour long presentation going deeper into the creation of star wars and influences of Lucas, like the writings of people like Joseph Campbell (i also have a disc of bill moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell at Lucas’ ranch about star wars, mythology and religion in general, its a 6 hour long disc on the list below)

DISC 6) Star Wars on “Sesame Street” and the “Muppet Show”, 1 hour total.

DISC 7) “The Star Wars Holiday Special” complete with boba fett cartoon. (highest quality version you will find!

DISC EIGHT) “TROOPS”, “Kenner Toy Commercials”, and Mark Hamill on the SNL type show “FRIDAYS”, Kenner Toy Commercials (a full hour of commercials! all star wars rare toy commercials), Troops (troops is a comedy based on the show “cops” but instead the cameras follow imperial stormtroopers around the galaxy as they patrol, pretty funny stuff, from the official release not a download and it also has a directors commentary) and Mark Hamill on the tv show Fridays. 2 hour disc.

the discs below are the real thing, seriously rare stuff, full of insane amounts of rare footage. so much stuff i cant even start to list it but i will try a little….

DISC 9)”Deleted Magic” over 2 hours, absolutely packed with unseen footage, out takes, interviews, etc. great stuff.

DISC 10)”The Making of a Trilogy Disc 1″ over 2 hours – The MAKING OF STAR WARS as told by C3PO and R2D2-
1 hour. and then another show; SPECIAL FX- THE Empire Strikes Back, also 1 hour. then “connections” a short film with r2 and c3po talking about all 6 movies.

DISC 11)”The Making of a Trilogy Disc 2″ -first CLASSIC CREATURES: Return of the Jedi with carrie fisher and billie d, 1 hour. and the; FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI: The Making of a Saga w MARK Hamill, also 1 hour.

DISC 12)”Rarities Disc 1″ (with 11 rare specials, commercials and interviews) 4 hours!!! of stuff here, so much stuff on this one, siskel and ebert reviewing star wars, the full length special edition “Hardware Wars”, THE DONNIE AND MARIE SHOW GO STAR WARS! (never would have believed it w/out seeing it), conan obrian stuff, more commercials and promos, etc etc etc.

DISC 13): “Rarities Disc 2″ (with 19 more rare specials, interviews, commercials and sketches) over 2 more hours of seriously rare stuff. includes the forgotten scenes disc, with stills of deleted scenes, then a lot of fan film type stuff like action figure theatre, trooper clerks (a take on the movie clerks), a skit from the Richard Pryor show! richard is the bartender at the star wars cantina. a south park short called Park Wars. Mark Hamill on saturday night live, carrie fisher on SNL. natalie portman on david letterman before she was in star wars, a 60 minutes special with george lucas, and a bunch of other rare things.

4 DISC SET) the ORIGINAL! versions of star wars, empire strike back, return of the jedi, NOT!!! the re-releases from the late 90’s with the new digital effects and not the newest “special edition” versions released in the recent box set with even more digital changes! these are the ORIGINAL! 70’s 80’s versions, the Original Trilogy was officially remixed, restored and remastered by lucas films in the mid nineties for LASERDISC release! they are digital quality! not from vhs! and they are the precursor to the 4 disc box set that exist now, these were the same set up, all 3 movies with a bonus 4th disc of extras. personally i have never liked the digital effects added to the star wars series, and after getting the box set over christmas with more crap added and a ruined new ending for return of the jedi i decided i never want to watch those again, i think they suck! i cant stand the stupid effects, what would you do, go back and add some touch ups to the mona lisa? the originals were magic just as they were, so i hunted these down, A+ quality dvd’s, from laserdisc, of each of the movies with a 4th bonus disc of extras youve never seen anywhere else. this set was made identical to an official dvd release, it functions just like an official dvd , with separate audio tracks, commentaries, and extras. it is in WIDESCREEN/LETTERBOX format, has full working menus, full access to every frame and chapter selections with extras like separate audio tracks with commentaries!, its totally awesome.