How Many Star Wars Related DVDs do you have- how do you keep up with them?

So, I've been hoarding BabyHum DVDs on my harddrive, and I recently got JD's Building Empire and Returning to Jedi.  I have maybe 3 other random SW related DVD's that I've burned, and then I have the 2004 DVD's, TR47's 1997 SE DVDs and one of the other "Faces" DVD jobs.  And, of course, Star Wars Revisited.

So... my question is really this.  Now that I have 20 or so Star Wars DVDs... How do I put them on the shelf?  I was thinking a CD wallet with Jewel Case Sized Coverart might be the way to go.  I have some of those super thin cases too, but even 20 of those side by side are pretty thick.

So... what do I do?  A 20 disc Amaray?  A six disc Amaray per movie might work...

Plan for expansion.  You know more are going to creep their way in, so start by organizing by categories - official releases, edits/restorations of the films, making of, retrospectives, etc.

Once you see how many discs are in each pile, then buy cases to fit each category with some space left over.

I have all my bonus feature stuff stored in a couple of six disc Amarays with sticky notes for labels, though I don't think I have near the quantity you have. My LD transfers of each of the OUT have their own cases with covers. I think I have a copy of the Holiday Special with its own case and cover floating around somewhere too. So, that gives me a total of 2 six disc cases and 4 one disc cases. Those six disc Amaray cases are pretty nice, I'd recommend going with those.

A CD wallet isn't a bad idea, but no matter what the packaging claims, it WILL scratch your discs. A spindle, though awkward and not too attractive on the shelf, not to mention inconvenient when you want access to a disc toward the bottom, is a pretty decent, cheap, and safe way of storing discs.

Wow, check out the 12'er here.

http://www.sleevetown.com/dvd-case-multi.shtml

I have my Star Wars DVD's stacked on a shelf from top down:

The Phantom Menace (standard case)
Attack of the Clones (standard case)
Revenge of the Sith (standard case)
A New Hope: Revisited (4 DVD case, containing DVD-9, DVD-5, XVID, and PURIST discs with Adywan's cover)
A New Hope 2004 (standard case)
A New Hope: Wookieegroomer Splitscreen v2 (unlabeled thin case)
The Empire Strikes Back 2004 (standard case)
The Empire Strikes Back: Wookieegroomer Splitscreen v2 (unlabeled thin case)
Return of the Jedi 2004 (standard case)
Return of the Jedi: Wookieegroomer Splitscreen v2 (unlabeled thin case)
The Ewok Adventures (standard case)

It's not much, but my friends always wonder why I have so many Star Wars DVDs, and especially why I have two labeled A New Hopes.

I have Adywan's color-corrected AVCHDs of TPM, ANH, and ESB on one of my computers, but I haven't burned them yet or figured out where I'm going to put them on the shelf...

I forgot to list:

George Lucas in Love
R2-D2: Beneath the Dome
Thumb Wars
Hardware Wars
Robot Chicken Star Wars 1/2
Star Wars Musical Journey

My kids SW movies (Animated Droids and Ewoks, Ewok movies) are upstairs in the family DVD rack, but we have those too. 

I ended up economizing a lot to save shelf space.  I gave my 2004 and my Definitive Collection LD transfer discs to my brother when the GOUT came along.

From there, I combined sets as much as necessary.  TPM was pretty much left alone.  No combining done there.  But for the rest...

-- AOTC
Disc 01- AOTC
Disc 02- AOTC extras
Disc 03- Cartoon Network Clone Wars, vol. 1

-- ROTS
Disc 01- ROTS
Disc 02- ROTS extras
Disc 03- Cartoon Network Clone Wars, vol. 2

-- ANH
Disc 01- GOUT
Disc 02- 2004
Disc 03- Darth Editous

-- ESB
Disc 01- GOUT
Disc 02- 2004
Disc 03- Musical Journey

-- ROTJ
Disc 01- GOUT
Disc 02- 2004
Disc 03- 2004 set extras

When I got my copy of the Holiday Special back from my friend, maybe I'll make that disc 3 for ANH and throw the Darth Editous thing away.

Sluggo said:

Replacing the DE version of ANH with the Holiday Special?  The DE version is awesome.  The HS is... well, not.

 Frankly, the original ANH is much better than DE's version.

As for the HS, I'd just want to keep it with ANH as they're of the same basic vintage.  So hmm, maybe I can find a standard width, 4-DVD case and include both...

Yeah, having to watch Chewie's dad masturbate for ten minutes is one of the most frightening and upsetting things I have ever seen on a TV screen.

The atrocious 2004 Box set-watched once since September 21st 04. I was given a copy of Episode II in Widescreen. (Oh joy.) Refused to buy the GOUTs b/c I felt cheated. A friend gave me the bonus discs because he didn't want them. (His loss.)

That's it for DVDs. VHS is a whole other story:

95 Box Set, 95 THX Widescreen Box Set, 97SE Fullscreen set, 97SE Widescreen set, Ewoks: The Haunted Village (where the heck did that come from?), TPM with the holographic plastic box, AOTC, and about 12 other tapes of the trilogy from various VHS releases from the late 80's and early 90's not to mention the numerous recorded tapes from TV broadcasts.

Vaderisnothayden said:

C3PX said:

Yeah, having to watch Chewie's dad masturbate for ten minutes is one of the most frightening and upsetting things I have ever seen on a TV screen.

And whose bright idea was it name Chewie's relatives "Itchy" and "Lumpy"? Sounds like chicken pox.

 Maybe there's a connection between the masturbation, and "itchy" and "lumpy".

Everybody's got an agenda, it seems.

none said:

and for your display problem, keep the media on HDs and get one of those digital picture frames and have it rotate through your cover art collection.

 Nice!  And thanks for putting us back near topic!