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AntcuFaalb
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Info: 1992 VHS Set - Star Wars Trilogy Special Letterbox Collector's Edition - any special and/or redeeming qualities?
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5-Jul-2012, 2:00 PM

russs15 said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Is this set worthy of a Panasonic AG-1980 capture? Does it have any special and/or redeeming qualities?

Following earlier comments, you will not be surprised to learn that I believe this is worth preserving even though it is no more special than any other VHS release

It is the first and only pre-THX Widescreen/Letterbox US NTSC VHS release (the other is the Faces set which is also worthy of a transfer).

It is "assumed" to have the 1985 remix soundtrack for ANH so include the tractor beam line. The truth is, we do not know for sure until someone tells us.

What I found with my PAL VHS transfers is that I did not find the reason to do the transfers until I had actually done them!!

 

I found one set that was a different film length for each film, different colourings, different pan and scan shots and different intros of the FOX logo or the logo missing completely and no fanfare

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/OBITUARY-Star-Wars-Fullscreen-Pan-and-Scan-versions-RIP/topic/13517/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/PAL-VHS-Archive-Collection/topic/3829/

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/OBITUARY-Star-Wars-Fullscreen-Pan-and-Scan-versions-RIP/post/552473/#TopicPost552473

 

Once I had the setup to do what I wanted - however limited - I took the chance to transfer as many versions as possible.

In truth, there is not a lot of resource for US NTSC VHS out there but here is what I know of...

http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/ep4.htm">http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/ep4.htm" target="_blank" title="web.archive.org/web/20070923102254/http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/ep4.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20070923102254/http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/ep4.htm

and of course   http://swonvideo.com/

 

 

Thanks for the information! I agree that it's definitely worth preserving.

I'll make my first attempt at obtaining a new set tonight.