"This will be your last chance to own the original versions..." etc, etc, is what they said on the advertisements. So, yes, they were referring to the original versions of the original trilogy. Being as how I was indoctrinated into the series at right about this time, and because I was nine, I had no idea about the special editions existing when these came out. I don't know if it was common knowledge at the time. It was certainly in the works, and that's definitely what they were referring to. But back then, when I didn't know about it, and I didn't know that magnetic tape wore out, I assumed they meant it would be the last time the films would be released. It wasn't until the SE was announced for home video (when they first came out, I also assumed they were for the theatres only), that's when I figured out that the "One Last Time..." tagline was referring to the SE. But once again, since I didn't know that VHS would wear out, and that anything would ever replace it (being 11), it still didn't bother me. It only bothered me in 2000 when I saw the repackage that removed the term "Special Edition," and realized it really was replacing the originals. Not long after that, when I was 14 or 15, I found out about the fallibility of tape. Sad times indeed.