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I just think of the cartoon with Obi-Wan standing over Luke in the cockpit saying that.

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/starwars-corellian

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"Yoda And The Younglings" is a highlight from Episode II?

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I don't know about that, "Battle Of The Heroes," IMO is the best new theme from the prequels, followed by Qui Gon's theme, "...Heroes" certainly made up for that silly "Duel Of the Fates." I wish Shawn Murphy had screwed up the sound on some other score that year other than Sith, damn is he terrible.

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Star Wars movie, Sony Classical is releasing a one-time deluxe edition of Williams’ lush, timeless themes on Tuesday, November 6, 2007. The Music of Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is housed in an elegant numbered box set featuring new cover art depicting the main Star Wars characters. The box contains eight CDs. Six of these are mastered from the Expanded Edition versions of the soundtracks from three Star Wars episodes:

* Episode IV – A New Hope (two CDs)
* Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (two CDs)
* Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (two CDs)

Each of the above is housed in a gatefold mini-jacket that is a scale reproduction of the original LP cover art.

The seventh CD is Star Wars: The Corellian Edition. This is a collection of the most popular Star Wars themes from all six episodes – on one CD, for the first time. The new recording takes its name from the Corellian System, a fictional group of “core worlds” at the heart of the Star Wars galaxy. The 13-track Corellian Edition CD can be purchased separately. (The stand-alone version, housed in a single jewel case, became available in stores October 2, 2007. Its track lists and credits are printed on a newly designed six-panel, fold-out mini-poster.)

The eighth CD in the premium box set is a CD-ROM. Its digital artwork files faithfully reproduce all of the inserts – including gatefolds and posters – that were packaged with the original LP vinyl recordings of the themes from Star Wars Episodes IV, V and VI.

The Music of Star Wars: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition also includes:

* an exclusive new 15” x 15” fold-out poster celebrating Episodes IV, V and VI;
* three collectable 4” x 4” stickers, each featuring a four-color reproduction of the CD cover from the Expanded Edition soundtrack of one of these episodes;
* new notes on the history of the first Star Wars soundtrack; and
* track lists and credits for the CDs.

In 1977, John Williams had just finished serving as music director for Steven Spielberg’s breakthrough feature Jaws. Spielberg, impressed with the high level of dramatic tension that Williams’ score had imparted to the film, recommended him to another upcoming producer-director, George Lucas, who was hard at work on a project titled Star Wars.

Since then, Williams has composed the music and served as music director for one of the most phenomenally successful franchises in cinema history – the six episodes of Lucas’s space-adventure saga, which take place “a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.” Williams’ score for the first Star Wars movie won the Academy Award for 1978, edging out another of his own scores (for Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind).

As Lucas planned and shot Star Wars “prequels” out of chronological sequence, the first movie was re-titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The sixth and final installment, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, opened in May 2005. In an interview with National Public Radio, Williams said he had “never imagined in the 1970s that I’d still be working on the Star Wars project 30 years later.”

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If you are so moved, go ahead and order it!!

Most of you probably won't care a thing about this, but the scale size reproductions of the LP gatefold packaging of the three original 20th Century records releases is fanfreakin'tastic. For anyone who grew up with the LPs, these reproductions are plain cool.

I didn't realize that aside from artwork, the 2004 releases are remastered in DSD (Direct Stream Digital). I have no idea if DSD is a gimmick or actually does make a difference... anyone want to enlighten?

"This Compact Disc was produce from Direct Stream Digital masters made during the recording sessions with the Sony Philips DSD recording system."

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I'm sorry I haven't posted on this board for two years now, but I admit I feel so very disappointed with this release. I only wish it hadn't been released to the public, as I felt that the arbitrary selection of Star Wars excerpts just seemed to insult the magnificence and integrity of the John Williams scores. I feel it would have been better for a CD that compiled all the concert suites from the saga, rather than this Target release.
Also, I own this 30th anniversary boxed set. While I think it's an improvement over the 2004 boxed set, I still feel shortchanged. It doesn't include the exhaustive liner notes and it doesn't include the extra music in ROTJ and the complete prequel soundtracks.