Originally posted by: UN0
I have two questions: These making ofs you're talking about were in the USA definitive collection laserdiscs? What changed with the two japan releases of this boxset?

No. The two documentaries never made it to laserdisc in the USA. They were only released on VHS and the video quality was not that great. In Japan, the two docs were released on laserdisc with SLIGHTLY better quality, but they also had burned in Japanese subtitles. After seeing the quality of both the USA VHS tapes and the Japanese laserdiscs side by side, I think that the masters used for the video transfers of these programs were "soft" looking. I also seem to remember seeing From Star Wars to Jedi when it was originally broadcast on public television and noticing that it didn't look that great.