This almost looks anamorphic. Is it only squeezed like this in this scene?
This is one of the only scenes where this happens. Most of the rest are very much pan and scan.
This 1988/89 fullscreen version gets weirder by the day.
First of all, it looks like this version.....
Despite popular belief, this was not the only transfer made of Star Wars. At some point, a second fullscreen video transfer was created from a 16mm flat print source. Since an anamorphic (2.35:1) 35mm print had been reduced down to a flat (1.33:1) 16mm print, this 16mm source featured different pan & scan decisions made during the print reduction. One main difference in this transfer was that Luke's macrobinocular POV shot of the Banthas was squeezed to actually show the Tusken Raider walking to the side of the frame. This video transfer was only shown on HBO and was never offered for sale or rent
This is one of the only scenes where this happens. Most of the rest are very much pan and scan.
This 1988/89 fullscreen version gets weirder by the day.
First of all, it looks like this version.....
Despite popular belief, this was not the only transfer made of Star Wars. At some point, a second fullscreen video transfer was created from a 16mm flat print source. Since an anamorphic (2.35:1) 35mm print had been reduced down to a flat (1.33:1) 16mm print, this 16mm source featured different pan & scan decisions made during the print reduction. One main difference in this transfer was that Luke's macrobinocular POV shot of the Banthas was squeezed to actually show the Tusken Raider walking to the side of the frame. This video transfer was only shown on HBO and was never offered for sale or rent
Secondly, the audio is not the 1985 remastered version due to the missing tractor beam line.
I will be getting hold of the LaserDisc from 1982 and 1985, both pre re-mastering so I will then compare the 1988/89 audio against those versions to see if they match or are different again.