Originally posted by: ocpmovie
Welllll, Star Wars wasn't out for rental back then.

That may be correct. I didn't say it was out for rental. I said it was for SALE. I don't remember for sure when they started renting video tapes, but I don't think it was until a few years later. I worked in a store that rented video tapes in 1984, so it couldn't have been too many years later.

I specifically remember the videodiscs were released in 1982, five years after the theatrical release, and the best I remember the VHS tapes were released for sale shortly before that, probably about 2 years earlier.

However I believe I am mistaken about the "Episode IV" tag. I reviewed the source where I thought I had seen it mentioned, and found that it said the VHS version missing the "Episode IV" tag was a bootleg, not a commercially available copy. So evidently that first VHS release was in 1980 or 1981, after George added the tag. My apologies.