http://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/feature-articles/336-star-wars-from-a-certain-point-of-view
But skirting around vaguely dodgy circles my Dad came home with a few tapes that were amazing quality bootlegs and I finally had my hands on the third film of the trilogy.
Return of the Jedi is probably the film I’ve seen most in my time on this planet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/star-wars-35th-anniversary_n_1542414.html
Jay Chandrasekhar ("Super Troopers," "The Babymakers")
My family was an early adopter of home-entertainment technology: We owned both a large-screen projection television and an early-model VCR. And in 1979, my dad went to a medical conference in Houston, TX, and returned with something that made me the most popular kid in the neighborhood: a bootleg VHS copy of "Star Wars." Yes, the picture quality was lousy -- it was staticky and small chunks of the film just weren’t there. But it was "Star Wars," in my basement, and I was the kid who owned it. We wore out that tape, watching it close to 50 times. As I think back on it, bringing back that tape was a wildly uncharacteristic move for my dad. You have to understand, my dad is a highly moral man, who always overpaid his taxes, and returned money at stores when he was given too much change. But when faced with the prospect of obtaining a "Star Wars" bootleg, he buckled. He wanted to make his kid happy. He violated his own moral code to do something he knew was wrong. He couldn’t resist. After all, he was the dad that brought home "Star Wars." Thanks, Dad.
http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/2012/05/09/do-the-right-thing-bootleg-movies-and-deployed-troops/
The movie Star Wars III was available on DVD on the street outside Osan Air Base less than 24 hours after it hit theaters in the states. Many military members — including some Christians — seemed to have no problem purchasing a $5 DVD even though it was obviously pirated; many rationalized it…
http://cinematreasures.org/blog/2012/5/25/celebrating-the-original-star-wars-on-its-35th-anniversary
Edward Havens on May 25, 2012 at 9:10 am
As chance would have it, one of my friends from school was one of the first families to have a VHS player, and somehow his dad had gotten ahold of a top-quality bootleg tape of Star Wars. He lived right across the street from school, so every day after school for an entire year, we’d rush over to his house and watch Star Wars. We easily watched it three hundred times.
Later member of Centropy release group is kickstarting a book. interview:
http://torrentfreak.com/i-was-a-member-of-centropy-the-worlds-leading-movie-piracy-group-120526/
http://bluebattinghelmet.wordpress.com/2012/05/25/the-movie-that-changed-everything/
The year after Star Wars came out, I saw a pirated copy of it on a Betamax machine. It was a glimpse into the future of home entertainment, I suppose.