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Favorite official non-theatrical non-Special Edition release of each OT movie

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You can pick GOUT or any of the pre-Special Edition releases.

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It varies for me depending on mood and nostalgia…

Today… it is the GOUT for me - for the main reason if it being the one physical release I can still actually play (I’ve no working VHS machine anymore!) Plus, the GOUT will be played later tonight - it is ‘Star Wars Day’ after all. 👍

And I do miss the physicality of media… even if it is a only DVD or CD (I know; it is somewhat lacking in comparison to VHS tapes and laserdiscs - or tapes and vinyl… though sometimes you have to settle for the smaller wins, too.)
 

Plus for all the stick it gets - it does represent the fans’ victory in achieving an official release of the OOT (of sorts - despite George’s disingenuous claims, laziness, and it being his choice to release it in a substandard obsolete format riddled with QC issues back then in 2006…).
 

What about yourself, darklordoftech?
 

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The 1990 Pan and Scan or it may have been a 1992 reissue. That is VHS.

If i was to pick a laserdisc its the Special Widescreen Edition for Empire Strikes Back.

And Definitive Collection for the whole trilogy.

For DVD its easily Return of the Jedi PAL Gout. The other two transfers look horrible. In Pal or NTSC. I prefer the PAL THX laserdiscs for those.

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The pre-special edition VHS tapes I grew up on, looks like it was the 1995 box set

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As an OG 70’s-80’s kid, I am pining to go back and watch the 1995 VHS trilogy again. I think that holds more nostalgia for me. Sadly we lost it several years agao in a move. I think they were thrown in the “donate” box at the end of a long day of packing.

That being said, I have always wanted to try a Laser Disc. Unfortunately, that was the one piece of technology I never had. I still occasionally get the urge to buy an old player just to watch some of those versions… One of these days…

Anyone know how those LD look on home theater projection screen?

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I’m going to be honest, I did like the GOUT films. the low quality didn’t bother me at all. as long as I could see it, it’s okay.

I had a previous account here a few years back but I forgot the username so I created this account