It would be wrong to talking about the DVD release of Episode 1 without first going through all the other versions that have been released to date. Some were good, and some were worse (aka VHS).
1999 - First Pan & Scan VHS Version Released
1999 - Widescreen VHS Is Released.
1999 - Do not Forget The Spanish Dubbed Pan & Scan VHS As Well.
1999 - Japan Gets A Nice Laserdisc Version.
1999 - Tons Of Bootleg VCD's Hit Ebay.
2000 - Malaysian Official VCD Is Released In Pan & Scan Format. Was not Quite Bad, But Not Up To DVD Standards By Any Means.
2000 - Tons Of Bootleg DVDs Hit Ebay.
2001 - A Two Disc Special Edition DVD Finally Heads Our Way On October 16, 2001!
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