Behind the Magic is spread over two discs and includes video clips of the making of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.[2] A wealth of imagery is presented through more than 2,500 photos, 600 pieces of production art, 30 models, 40 minutes of digitized video, 20 minutes of audio, and 30 ship schematics, plus a searchable database with more than 700 glossary terms.[4]
The Daily Chronicle said "More than anything, Behind the Magic is the kind of CD-ROM you can get completely lost in, not just because of the content but because of the proverbial bells and whistles"[6]
Romanian magazine PC Gaming gave the game a score of 92 out of 100[5]