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Post #221163

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The Starkiller
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Info Wanted: The Original Trilogy on HBO TV in the 80s
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23-Jun-2006, 4:50 AM
Originally posted by: SilverWook
HBO allegedly used a 16mm print. Some scenes are pan and scanned differently from the video releases and shots like Luke's macrobinocular POV of the lurking Tusken Raiders are squeezed to fit the tv screen.

This version actually does appear on home video. The 1982 and 1983 laserdiscs and the 1982 CED all feature this version. I can't comment on the 16mm assertion because I really don't know, but I do think that these transfers are inferior to their VHS and subsequent laserdisc counterparts.