Exclusive: The Phantom Menace soundtrack is now on vinyl, if you’re into that sort of thing

In February of 2012, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox re-released The Phantom Menace to theaters in the 3-D format. The plan was to convert the other five films in the saga to 3-D and re-release them over the next few years. But then the re-release tanked and the remaining re-releases were postponed indefinitely, causing a million voices to cry out in terror, “Why the hell would you start with The Phantom Menace?!”
Now, following the same business model I AM SHARK has launched its vinyl release of the Star Wars soundtracks with Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace. This will mark first time that The Phantom Menace, Attack Of The Clones, and Revenge Of The Sith will be released on vinyl. (The previous releases were on CD.) The packaging is very simple, with a gatefold cover depicting Qui-Gon Jinn’s lightsaber duel with Darth Maul on the surface of Tatooine. The releases are being pressed on 180-gram colored vinyl; colors include “Hyperdrive” (black with white splatter), “Darth Maul” (black with red and gold stripes), “Qui-Gon Jinn” (green/brown marble), and “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (blue). The packaging does leave a bit to be desired—they should have gotten this guy to do the liner notes, at least—but if it were a Record Store Day release, Star Wars fanatics and record nerds would probably be shelling out for this release on eBay: