That set was the beginning of the end. Or, at least it was when I got the first hint that ol' George was serious about the "One Last Time" bit.

I bought that set, though I got the VCD version of it. Same packaging and it has the Lars Episode II feature on, just CDs instead of VHS tapes. When I ordered it I had read that VCDs are better quality than VHS but not as good as DVD, turns out they look a lot worse than any VHS tape I have ever watched. I bought the set because I heard they would not be on DVD until after Episode III was released, and Episode II wasn't even out yet at the time.

When I bought them, I was annoyed there was not a VCD of the non-SE versions of the film. I didn't even know the half of it! Heh heh. I actually ripped the VCDs to my hard drive, and de-SEed them the best I could with TMPGEnc and reburnt them to CD-rs. They looked like crap, but they were only temporary, until the DVDs came out, surely those would contain the originals...

Nine years later:

Gaaaaah!!!!