Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace widescreen Collector's Edition version. In its first two days of availability, the regular version sold 4.5 million copies and the limited edition sold 500,000. It was the first "Star Wars" film to be officially released on DVD, on October 16, 2001, in a slightly extended cut from the theatrical release. The special features included seven deleted scenes completed specifically for the DVD, a commentary track featuring Lucas and producer Rick McCallum, and several documentariesincluding a full-length documentary entitled "The Beginning: Making Episode I". "The Phantom Menace" became the fastest selling DVD ever in the U.S.; 2.2 million copies were sold
Changes in Star Wars re-releases of the theatrical version. Lucasfilm offered the altered 1997 Special Edition release, but the Registry refused it as the first published version must be accepted. The Library of Congress, however, received a 35mm print of the film, without the "A New Hope" subtitle and subsequent alterations, in 1978 as part of the film's copyright deposit. The first film was released in 1977 under the title "Star Wars". The subtitles "Episode IV" and "A New Hope" were retroactively added to the opening crawl in a subsequent release. Accounts differ as to when this change occurred. Some, including Lucasfilm, date the addition