Synopsis:

Inspired by a love of the film ‘Star Wars’ and the idea that audio commentaries could be expanded, Jambe Davdar set out to make what he calls “the ultimate audio/visual commentary”. He started the project in February 2007 and finished, nearly four years later, in late January 2011.

Intentions:

Star Wars Begins is an unofficial commentary to Star Wars, offering an insight into the development and creation of film. The documentary combines video from the movie itself with seen and unseen behind the scenes footage, rare audio from the cast and crew, alternate angles, bloopers, reconstructed scenes, text facts and more to give an in-depth look at the process which brought the film to the big screen.

Change List:

- Star Wars 2006 OT DVD, From Star Wars To Jedi, Classic Creature - 1997 & 2004 SE, The Making of Star Wars (looking forward to seeing any better transfers), When Star Wars Ruled the World, Deleted Magic*, THX Soundtrack! (anyone fancy doing an NTSC to PAL transcode for me?!) - BBC Omnibus – Flying Solo - BBC Omnibus – A long time ago… - Laserdisc Supplementals - Behind the Masks - The Stars of Star Wars - Unauthorised Story of Star Wars - Rareties 1, 2, 3 - From the Film Vaults* - The Holiday Special - Star Wars Forgotten Scenes* - Star Wars Unsung Heros (my copy is partly corrupt, please contact me if you have this, thanks) - Feel the Force - EditDroid Special Features - Peter Cushing Interview - Alec Guiness interview – Parkinson - Widescreen Star Wars Bootleg - Machine Men BBC4 - Feel the Force - Sculpting a Galaxy DVD - Time & Again - Magic and the Mystery (UK Version) - PBS’s George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic - Magic Magic CD-ROM/DVD - Behind the Magic - The Making of the SE - Paramount Jabba Footage - Interviews with Star Wars Stars 1998 (youtube) - WTVJ Montage – Star Wars Interviews (youtube) - GMTV Interviews 1997 (youtube) - “THE MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW” (1977) (youtube) - The making of Star Wars Computer Graphics (youtube) - AFI youtube videos Books/Magazines - The Art of Star Wars - From Concept to Screen to Collectible - Lucasfilm Archives - Star Wars, The Annotated Screenplays - Star Wars Aficionado - Star Wars Insider – Lost Cut Article - Star Wars Chronicles - Star Wars Portfolio - Starlog Magazine - Photoplay Magazine - The Illustrated Star Wars Universe - Sculpting A Galaxy - The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film Web Resources - Starwarz.com - T-Bones Star Wars Universe - Originaltrilogy.com - Theforce.net - Rebelscum.com - Youtube.com - Vimeo.com * = No material will be sourced from this DVD. For research purposes only.

Additional Notes:

Film Details: Video: PAL 16:9 MPEG2 SL DVD (I may do a DL DVD later) DVD Release has ‘v2.0? during logo sequence (Also released as a H.264 to contributors) Audio: AC3 Audio Software Used: Final Cut Pro 4.5 DVD Studio Pro 3 A.Pack Photoshop CS Cinematize MPEG Streamclip.

Special Thanks: