Idea: my ultimate Star Wars - Anthology DVD collection

STAR WARS- The Anthology DVD collection

This is my guideline for the DVD collection I plan to assemble and create. This huge comprehensive set will enable anyone to watch every possible version of the film possible to this day, based on what I believe to be true.

Star Wars (13 disc DVD box set)

-1977 bootleg pan-scan (choice of original mono, patched version of Moth3r’s audio, or the EditDroid mono, if available)
-1992 widescreen (choice of original stereo mix, mono mix-created using a blend of best available material-, or the ’85 mix)
-1992 pan-scan (choice of mono mix-created using a blend of best available material-, the ’85 mix, or the original stereo Spanish mix. Perhaps alternate angle of opening crawl to include reformatted version from the ’85 UK broadcast)
-1993 widescreen (an exact duplication of the Definitive Collection, with letterbox picture, uncomressed Dolby Stereo, and commentary with pop-up subtitles)
-1995 widescreen (“faces” laserdisc transfer anamorphic. PCM THX mix, PCM ’85 mix, and PCM isolated score)
-1995 pan-scan (same as above)
-1997 widescreen (from SE laserdisc. Audio: Dolby stereo or 5.1 surround from LD)
-1997 pan-scan (same as above)
-Digital Broadcast capture of 1997 SE-widescreen
-2004 pan-scan (copy of available DVD disc)
-2004 widescreen (copy of available DVD disc)
-Hybrid widescreen (my own presentation of the 2004, 1997, and 1995 versions mixed together so as to create the highest quality original version available. Choice between original EditDroid crawl or revised crawl. DVD and SE shots will only be used if it is certain it has not been changed. Sound options: THX mix (PCM), ’77 stereo mix (PCM), ’77 mono mix (PCM), Definitive Edition commentary with blank areas filled with audio from interviews, documentaries, etc.(Dolby Digital Mono), and isolated score track (Dolby Digital).
-WookieGroomer split-screen comparison of 2004 and original version.

Every kind of subtitles imaginable will be on the discs (Mono mix, THX and stereo mix, 85 mix, commentary subtitles, Spanish subtitles, and possibly other foreign language subtitles), along with text commentary, lots of chapter stops, and good menus for each disc. I’ll put most of them into standard dual-disc slipcases (with the 1995 widescreen and pan-scan in the same case, for example) and house all of them in a large black box for my enjoyment. I have big plans for Empire and Jedi (and the prequels as well), as well as tons of special features (some that are not currently available, like a 70mm mix for Empire and Jedi, scenes with deleted music reinstated, all the available drafts, picture galleries of the original comics, timelines, storyboards, every documentary I can get my hands on (not just the four most well known, but the “Clapperboard,” “Heroes, Myth, and Magic”, and “Deleted Magic when it comes out, of course), but I want to deal with one thing at a time.

I am attempting to create a DVD set where I will be able to watch practically every different release of the movies all in one set. I’ll finally be able to sit back and replicate “Star Wars” in any way, shape, or form that I desire. I may go so far as to use branching technology to put various “Star Wars” commercials at the beginning of some discs (like the 1992 pan-scan) because I am using one transfer to represent them all (because they’re the same). That way, if you wanted to find out exactly what was on the 1987 VHS, you could pop in the ’92 pan-scan DVD, select the ’87 option, and get the original 10th anniversary commercial before the presentation.

I would love any suggestions on how to make this more comprehensive or complete. This would obviously be a huge undertaking for me, and I need all the help I can get.