The first time my family bought at VHS player was in 1993 I remember the first VHS we bought were Empire and Angel Heart. I was 9 and at the time they were so expensive: £17 (20 euros). I only saw Star Wars and Jedi in 1995.

I really wish that they would release the original trilogy in cinemas like they did in 1997...  Experiencing that first scene with the star destroyer in Star Wars is the reason these film are so great... the first 10 minutes of Dark Knight rises is really a pale comparison !

When I watched the SE of Empire theatrically in '97, the projectionist screwed up at the beginning playing it horribly squished (not sure how multiplex film projectors work, but it was like they didn't put an anamorphic lens on), well through the Star Destroyer flying by and shooting out probe droids.  They stopped it, said they'd fix it, which they did, but didn't start the film over, and then refocused it on the fly while we're trying to watch the movie *shakes fist*...  Anyway, talk about what seemed like one heck of a weird SE change at first, LOL.

So yeah, perhaps they could show it theatrically a little different than how I remember it from '97...

Oh, and why would you even want them to release it theatrically, they'd just show the crap version we're trying to undo on this site...  But in THREE DEEEEE *whooooooooooooaaaaaaa*

yoda-sama said:

When I watched the SE of Empire theatrically in '97, the projectionist screwed up at the beginning playing it horribly squished (not sure how multiplex film projectors work, but it was like they didn't put an anamorphic lens on), well through the Star Destroyer flying by and shooting out probe droids.  They stopped it, said they'd fix it, which they did, but didn't start the film over, and then refocused it on the fly while we're trying to watch the movie *shakes fist*...  Anyway, talk about what seemed like one heck of a weird SE change at first, LOL.

So yeah, perhaps they could show it theatrically a little different than how I remember it from '97...

Oh, and why would you even want them to release it theatrically, they'd just show the crap version we're trying to undo on this site...  But in THREE DEEEEE *whooooooooooooaaaaaaa*

Don't get me wrong I absolutely HATE the SE and I am very grateful of the work Harmy has done! But in 1997 we couldn't not have known what version Lucas was going to show us... like buying Findus meat and only after knowing that is was (in this case literally!) "horse-meat"! 3D : absolutely not but Special Edition... argh... I would consider...

Nick66 said:

chyron8472 said:

1978.

Believe it or not, my earliest memories of Star Wars are listening to the Return of the Jedi Read-Along Book and Tape. :)

 

Actually, I used to love the "Story of Star Wars" LP myself. :)

And the black bars you recall during the throne room scene could have still been a P&S version.  Unless I'm mistaken (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am), some of the old P&S videocassettes switched to "widescreen" in the final moments of the film, just before the credits.  I once knew the technical reason for this, but I've forgotten it. Though I do remember something like that happening in many old VHS films, not just SW.

I always thought it was so they could show the credits at full width without having to stretch them vertically (or re-create them in the narrow P&S format)?

guiser said:

Nick66 said:

chyron8472 said:

1978.

Believe it or not, my earliest memories of Star Wars are listening to the Return of the Jedi Read-Along Book and Tape. :)

 

Actually, I used to love the "Story of Star Wars" LP myself. :)

And the black bars you recall during the throne room scene could have still been a P&S version.  Unless I'm mistaken (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am), some of the old P&S videocassettes switched to "widescreen" in the final moments of the film, just before the credits.  I once knew the technical reason for this, but I've forgotten it. Though I do remember something like that happening in many old VHS films, not just SW.

I always thought it was so they could show the credits at full width without having to stretch them vertically (or re-create them in the narrow P&S format)?

I believe you are correct.

Also, for movies that have credits at the beginning that are all over the screen, while actual stuff is happening, they often go widescreen for those portions, just look at the DVD of the Burt Reynolds movie Gator (for all you Archer fans out there).  If you ask me, that kind of inconsistency is more annoying than "not having it fit my screen".

Cheers Harmy - I just got these today, they look great.  Thanks for all your hard work.

TV's Frink said:

Iceempress66 said:

how to even tell which one is witch.

See if it weighs the same as a duck.

Bingo!

bspaunhorst said:

TV's Frink said:

Iceempress66 said:

how to even tell which one is witch.

See if it weighs the same as a duck.

Bingo!

Ah, but what also floats in water? And what do you make bridges out of? How did you get to be so smart, Frink?

*rimshot*

Iceempress66 said:

...how to even tell which one is witch....

Did it turn you into a newt? If you don't get better, it's probably a witch.

In all seriousness, though, welcome to the forum. I hope you stick around...

EDIT: Is it possible to delete a post?

Wait, if I advance my troll to Level 9, that makes it a she, right?

(There you are, Frink - now your post makes even less sense...)

videoguy71 said:

1971 here. Saw all three films in their original forms in theaters during their original runs... ahhh to be 6, 9, and 12 again!!

Same for me... Nice to be in good company !

All's quiet on the Harmy front...the calm before the storm??  LOL

Here's hoping!  :)

1977 here, but didn't had the chance to see the movie in theaters, I was still too young. I grew up watching the VHS.

My oldest memory from star wars is me reading Starfix magazine on ROJ that my father bought and finding all these photos awesome :

So, knowing the French people were smart enough to figure it out, they didn't think twice about naming a magazine "Starfix", but someone thought a world wide box office smashing film titled "Star Wars" would be confusing?  Always weird how hit and miss translations are on these things.  Something very relevant, now that I think about it, is Eddie Izzard's standup bit about how it makes sense that the Keanu Reeves movie "Speed" would be translated to the French word for "Speed", but instead they inexplicably just left it as "Speed".

Oh, and I love (at least from this scan) how it seems Luke has a red saber and Vader has a blue one.

EDIT:  LOL, Google Translate won't translate "Star Wars" to "la guerre des étoiles" unless I specifically type "The Star Wars", otherwise it just spits out "Star Wars".

Thanks for posting this. I never saw this before. Hilarious guy, this Strong Bad is.   :)

 

Nope. Like this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R22zSrpeSA4