none said:
Mielr wrote: I remember seeing another TV version once (may have been the broadcast premiere on CBS) that cropped out Luke and left Leia on the left of the screen and Han to the right.
Here's pics from a 1995 Sci-Fi broadcast:
<img src="http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg842/scaled.php?server=842&filename=swtv19950728scificfanhe.jpg&res=medium" width="320" height="235" /> <img src="http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg27/scaled.php?server=27&filename=swtv19950728scificfanhe.jpg&res=medium" width="320" height="235" /> <img src="http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg192/scaled.php?server=192&filename=swtv19950728scificfanhe.jpg&res=medium" width="320" height="235" />
In relation to russs15's page, in the opening widescreen shot in this 1995 Sci-Fi broadcast the last frame of the SD flyover (the next shot is FS) has a different vertical cropping then the rest of the shot.
The second pic is the shot I'm talking about (the close up). NOT the long shot of their entire bodies.
The version I saw (with Luke cropped off in favor of Han) was earlier than '95, most likely in the 80's. I remember being a bit startled when I saw that version (since I was used to the HBO version which I'm fairly certain cropped off Han).
I remember thinking at the time that there must be two different edits of the film (I had only seen it theatrically once and I didn't remember that originally the shot showed all three of their faces). I don't recall any letterboxing in the HBO version.