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russs15
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Help Wanted: 1980s ITV Broadcast of Star Wars onto DVD?
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2-Feb-2006, 8:02 PM
I have just made a discovery that emphasises that this is not just another transfer like all the rest.

Firstly, it has the mono soundtrack with the C3P0 tractor beam line, close the blast doors etc

Secondly, I believe this to be a totally different "cut" of the film to the one released on VHS and Laserdisc.

The shot that shows this is Luke's macrobinocular POV shot of the Banthas with the Tusken Raider walking to the side of the frame.

The "Full length" NTSC version shows the view in the middle of the macrobinoculars with no Tusken Raider.

The early "Time Compressed" NTSC version and PAL version shows the macrobinocular squeezed into the frame and the Tusken Raider.


This ITV broadcast shows a completely different view..............




The early "Time Compressed" NTSC version and PAL version
http://www.galactictradefederation.com/russ/002.jpg

The early "Full length" NTSC version
http://www.galactictradefederation.com/russ/003.jpg

The ITV broadcast version
http://www.galactictradefederation.com/russ/005.jpg


The Widescreen version for comparison
http://www.galactictradefederation.com/russ/004.jpg