If you look at a short list of the most successful film franchises, clearly the Star Wars series deserves a high placement. Indeed, one could argue that it’s the most popular of all the various possibilities. I know others like the Harry Potter series made more money, but I think in terms of overall success and influence, it’d be hard to beat the Star Wars franchise. For the first time ever, fans can get all six films in one place. “Star Wars: The Complete Saga” packages the three “Original Trilogy” movies with the three from the “Prequel Trilogy” and adds a mix of new supplements. For full information on the individual movies, please consult my separate reviews of 1977’s Star Wars, 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, 1983’s Return of the Jedi, 1999’s The Phantom Menace, 2002’s Attack of the Clones and 2005’s Revenge of the Sith. Please note that the picture and sound grades found at the top of this article represent an average for the three movies. Please check out the full reviews to get the details. Though this article covers the boxed set as a whole, I want to concentrate mainly on the package’s seventh through ninth discs. These contain a wealth of information. Discs Seven and Eight break into four basic categories: “Interviews”, “Deleted/Extended Scenes”, “The Collection” and “Concept Art Gallery”. Disc Seven delivers info about the three prequels, while Disc Eight goes over the original trilogy. Each film gets three or four separate domains, both named after locations from the series. Why? I don’t know, but that’s how it is! I’ll ignore the splits and just examine the materials for each movie without separation.
