A little more information for the Original Trilogy on Video8 format…

A little more information on the Video8 of Return Of The Jedi (UK release)…

(re the very same Video8 cassette as seen in the Techmoan video mentioned in the OP of this thread)

'From the Star Wars Home Video Library #384: ROTJ UK Video8:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2eOrR6m1_o - a 17 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

^ released in the UK in 1988 - under the release title of ‘All Time Greats’ by CBS-Fox (see the front cover of the ROTJ packaging).

and also the whole Original Trilogy on Video8 - released in Japan…

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #320: Japanese Video8 Original Trilogy’:-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3krmisvRs - a 14 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

^ released in Japan in 1991 - the ‘Best Library’ release.

Cover art for the Japanese Video8 release of the Original Trilogy…

The ‘Star Wars home video releases’ page at Wookieepedia also has some basic information on various releases:-

a 3 minute tiktok video on Video8 (aka ‘Hi-8’ or ‘VHS-C’) - including movie releases, blank tapes, and a working Video8 player:-

The obligatory Wikipedia page for Video8:-

If anyone has a Video8 preservation project of the Original Trilogy please let us know - thank you.

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A little more information for the Original Trilogy on Video8 format…