AntcuFaalb said:

Nick66 said:

And the black bars you recall during the throne room scene could have still been a P&S version. Unless I'm mistaken (and I'm sure someone will correct me if I am), some of the old P&S videocassettes switched to "widescreen" in the final moments of the film, just before the credits. I once knew the technical reason for this, but I've forgotten it. Though I do remember something like that happening in many old VHS films, not just SW.

The HBO custom pan&scan does this, IIRC.

Yeah, and it may be an old HBO broadcast that I'm remembering seeing.