Anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.

Director of photography, David Tattersall ; editors, Paul Martin Smith, Ben Burtt ; music by John Williams.

Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ian McDiarmid, Pernilla August, Hugh Quarshie, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Samuel L. Jackson, Frank Oz.

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 evidently one 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.

MPAA rating: PG; for sci-fi action/violence.

DVD.

System requirements for DVD-ROM features: IBM-compatible system, Pentium II or AMD Athlon 400mhz or higher processor, Windows 95, 98, NT, ME or 2000, 64MB of RAM, graphics card with 256 colors or more (65k colors recommended), sound card, DVD-ROM drive, DVD playback card or software card with DVD playback capability, Internet Explorer 4.02 SP2.

English (5.1 surround or 2.0 surround) or Spanish (2.0 surround) language soundtrack ; optional English subtitles ; closed captioned.