A Tour of The Clone Wars: The Complete Season One Box Set (Part Three)

On November 3rd, Star Wars: The Clone Wars The Complete Season One comes out on DVD and Blu-ray, giving you a chance to revisit the first 22 episodes of the series in unparalleled depth and clarity (see the original announcement here). Here's a tour of some of the content you'll find inside -- but this list is by no means exhaustive. The galaxy of The Clone Wars is full of surprises, and both standard definition DVD and high definition Blu-ray sets offers hours of exploration!

A Note About Aspect Ratios
These sets are the only place to see The Clone Wars in the full widescreen aspect ratio the television show is produced in. While the network broadcasts are presented in widescreen rectangular format, these versions are even wider, like the Star Wars movies, with more imagery stretching beyond the edges of the frame. See the comparison below.

Now, let's begin the episodic tour.

"Dooku Captured" (Blu-ray Disc 2; DVD Disc 3)
During their own attempt to kidnap Count Dooku, Anakin and Obi-Wan discover that the Sith Lord has already been captured by pirates.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 7:04) The team discusses the relationship between Count Dooku, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as the designs of gundarks and pirate warriors.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including Vanqor environment art, pirate designs, digital model turntables for Count Dooku and his solar sailer.

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Dooku fencing poses and early Florrum landscape art.

"The Gungan General" (Blu-ray Disc 2; DVD Disc 3)
While negotiating Count Dooku's ransom, Anakin and Obi-Wan are taken prisoner. The Jedi and Sith form an unlikely alliance in a bid to escape, with Jar Jar Binks as their only hope.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 5:11) Go behind the scenes with discussion of Jar Jar Binks in a leadership role, and a call out on special prop appearances.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including pirate tank designs, Florrum environment art, and animatic reels of Dooku's escape and the skalder chase

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Weequay pirate illustration, early storyboard thumbnails, and skalder concepts.

"Jedi Crash" (Blu-ray Disc 2; DVD Disc 3)
When Anakin is gravely injured in battle, Jedi General Aayla Secura must teach Ahsoka the Jedi philosophy of having no personal attachments.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 5:59) The production staff discusses Rob Coleman's role as director, and the challenges of animating a space battle and crash scene, and the design of Maridun and its inhabitants.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including Maridun concept art, Lurmen illustrations and an Aayla Secura digital model turntable

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Aayla Secura facial and body model sheets.

"Defenders of Peace" (Blu-ray Disc 2; DVD Disc 3)
A pacifist village must choose a side in the Republic-Separatist war.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 5:22) An exploration of Lok Durd's design and the voice of George Takei.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including Lurmen costume designs, unused probe droid designs and a super battle droid animation comparison test.

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Lurmen facial studies plus examination of their rolling poses.

"Trespass" (Blu-ray Disc 3; DVD Disc 3)
Anakin and Obi-Wan find themselves in the middle of a territorial war.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 8:27) The crew discusses Ralph McQuarrie's influence in the development of an ice planet, and the challenges of animating snow and ice for the show's look.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including concept art of the ice planet and its inhabitants, and digital model turntables of snow trooper Rex, snow gear Anakin and the Pantoran delegates.

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Chairman Cho facial studies, snow clone trooper designs and Orto Plutonia landscape study.

"The Hidden Enemy" (Blu-ray Disc 3; DVD Disc 3)
During the assault on Christophsis, Anakin and Obi-Wan discover evidence of a traitor in their ranks.

• Featurette (DVD & Blu-ray; 6:29) The crew discusses the importance of clone individualism, and the creation of a clone traitor.

• Jedi Temple Archives (Blu-ray) An enhanced playback mode allows access to a trove of behind-the-scenes extras, including concept art of Christophsis and its inhabitants and digital turntable models of Rex, Cody and Obi-Wan.

• Concept Art (Booklet in both sets) Clone Commander Cody color study and Trident "Squid Ship" concept.

Check back soon for further exploration of this upcoming set.