I saw Empire first on VHS and was not impressed. Saw Star Wars on a bootleg tape recorded from an HBO broadcast. The first time i was blown away by Star Wars was in 1985 when i saw Return of the Jedi in a small theater. It was exciting and far better than the other 2 movies as a child who found them slow and boring.
If the Holiday Special was shot on video it really is not a film, lol.