dvd.starwars.com archive?

Hi! This is my first post here.

I was doing some research into documentary material for the Original and Prequel Trilogies, with particular focus on trying to find John Williams recording sessions footage, when I stumbled on this featurette from Attack of the Clones:
https://youtu.be/VYti9g6AXrc
From what I’ve read since finding it, this was an EPK featurette that was later made exclusively available on dvd.starwars.com if you owned the DVD of Attack of the Clones, and further I’ve read that dvd.starwars.com went defunct around 2009. Was any of the material on there ever archived? The youtube video I linked to doesn’t appear to have been the starwars.com version, rather a low quality VHS copy, perhaps of the original press kit.

I’ve done a bit of searching around the internet and I did manage to find this site which lists the content that used to be on the AOTC site: https://www.theforce.net/episode2/story/First_Look_at_Clones_DVDRom_Content_64676.asp

I did also find an old thread on here asking a similar question to what I’m asking right now but it hasn’t been updated in about 13 years: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Info-Wanted-dvd-starwars-com-archive-anyone-archived-it-before-it-went-down/id/10848

Has anything changed since that thread? I would love to see all the DVD-ROM content preserved, not just for AOTC but for all six films

I’m currently searching for the last 2 expert commentary tracks from Pablo Hidalgo. Just viewed the one for IV and am in love with the tidbits almost everyone doesn’t seem to know about. I have a list of materials (so far) each film would’ve featured that I put together from browsing the old official forums on Wayback Machine for the individual DVD subjects as well as the release articles.

Here’s the list

Episode I

• Podracing Introduction Featurette
• Podrace Lap 2 Featurette
• Script to Screen
• “Depth” Commentary
• Lynne’s Diary (The rest of the entries)
• Tone Poems (three 15-second spots not found on the DVD)
• Charity re-release and VHS commercials
• 4 EPKs (unknown)
• Photo Gallery
• “Choices” (a collection of never-before-seen stills including a jaw-dropping awesome shot of Jango Fett.)
• “Breathing” Preview Video
• “Mystery” (Teaser Trailer)

Episode II

• Script to Screen
• “Depth” Commentary
• Episode II DVD Trailer
• Electronic Press Kit (EPK) Featurette - ILM
• Electronic Press Kit (EPK) Featurette - Music
• Cutscene from Star Wars Bounty Hunter (Boba Fett)

Episode III

• Script to Screen
• “Depth” Commentary
• “Busted Protocol Droid” Commentary

Episode IV

• Script to Screen
• “Expert” Commentary (Added sometime after Lego Star Wars II)

Episode V

• Script to Screen
• “Expert” Commentary (Added sometime after Lego Star Wars II)

Episode VI

(Rumored to be unreleased, while the film section existed, it always said that nothing was currently available up until the dvd site files disappeared in July of 2008.)

• Script to Screen
• “Expert” Commentary

Is there a full list of all this Material?🤔

benduwan said:

Is there a full list of all this Material?🤔

Not that I’ve been able to see, hence why I started putting one together 😂

I can remember that there was a small picture-trailer (only static pictures with music, motion picture) for Episode 2 on the dvd.starwars.com page, before the first trailer/teaser was official released… called “Chosen” or something like this

TiiN said:

I can remember that there was a small picture-trailer (only static pictures with music, motion picture) for Episode 2 on the dvd.starwars.com page, before the first trailer/teaser was official released… called “Chosen” or something like this

Interesting! I think there’s a trailer for that one on the DVD release. When you say stills was it kind of like those old videos you’d see back in the day on YouTube like image compilations? Was it finished special effects? And about what time frame did it appear?

TiiN said:

I can remember that there was a small picture-trailer (only static pictures with music, motion picture) for Episode 2 on the dvd.starwars.com page, before the first trailer/teaser was official released… called “Chosen” or something like this

Shoot I actually missed it in the initial screenshot.