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russs15
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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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10-Jul-2012, 3:41 PM

AntcuFaalb said:

Good point(s). I may pick up the 1995 THX (Faces) Widescreen and P/S releases as well.

Seeing as you mentioned it, below is something I threw together 6 or 7 years ago (Yes, I am a file hoarder!!) regarding the US NTSC tapes which may be of use. The information mostly came from the now defunct DavisDVD site so trust the information as you see fit.

My assumptions came following my work on the PAL VHS releases.......

 

Star Wars

1  1982 Rental Fullscreen

2  1982 Fox Video Fullscreen

3  1983 CBS Fox Fullscreen

4  1984 CBS Fox Fullscreen

5  1985 CBS Fox Fullscreen with 1985 remix audio

6  1986 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Trilogy commercial

7  1987 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Tenth Anniversary commercial

8  1990 CBS Fox Fullscreen with new package design

9  1992 CBS Fox Widescreen "Special Collector's Edition" with new package design

10  1995 Fox Video THX Fullscreen "Faces"

11  1995 Fox Video THX Widescreen "Faces" 

I think this works out to 5 unique releases. 1-4, 5-8, 9, 10 and 11 


Empire Strikes Back

1  1984 CBS Fox Fullscreen

2  1986 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Trilogy commercial

3  1987 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Tenth Anniversary commercial

4  1990 CBS Fox Fullscreen with new package design

5  1992 CBS Fox Widescreen "Special Collector's Edition" with new package design

6  1995 Fox Video THX Fullscreen "Faces" 

7  1995 Fox Video THX Widescreen "Faces"

I think this works out to 4 unique releases. 1-4, 5, 6 and 7


Return of the Jedi

1  1986 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Trilogy commercial

2  1987 CBS Fox Fullscreen + Tenth Anniversary commercial

3  1990 CBS Fox Fullscreen with new package design

4  1992 CBS Fox Widescreen "Special Collector's Edition" with new package design

5  1995 Fox Video THX Fullscreen "Faces" 

6  1995 Fox Video THX Widescreen "Faces"

I think this works out to 4 unique releases. 1-3, 4, 5 and 6

The DavisDVD site is archived here...http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/index.htm" target="_blank" title="web.archive.org/web/20070923101917/http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/index.htm">http://web.archive.org/web/20070923101917/http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/starwars/index.htm