Yeah the BBFC were batshit crazy. Even Attack of the Clones was censored!
Thanks for reminding me, I forgot about that. In part though, it was due to Lucasfilm/Fox aiming for a PG rating and the headbutt requiring a 12A. It was still absurd because the average British child witnesses far worse than that… The BBFC are still batshit crazy, some of the films that they’ve outright “banned” and the grounds for doing so, truly beggars belief.
The legacy of a government facing re-election, pandering to batshit crazy Mary Whitehouse and her uptight army of loonies.
I honesty don’t know what’s the story behind this print other than it was owned by someone in Europe (not in Britain) but we’ll know soon enough.
Finger crossed, it’s good news and I’ll look forward to retiring my Laserdisc. 😃