poita said:

In country areas there were only 2 television stations in the 1980s. Stuff just got shown over and over. Even the capital cities only had 4 TV stations at the time, and cable didn't exist.

So yeah, I saw it multiple times on the telly, I think it was shown way more than twice.

Being a fellow Aussie and recalling having also seen the Holiday Special on TV in the early 80's, I thought I'd see if you could corroborate another distant SW memory of mine, poita?

I recall seeing an Aussie television broadcast of STAR WARS in the early-mid 80's (possibly simulcast in stereo on an FM station) that had the words 'MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU' super-imposed in white on the bottom of the screen during the final shot of the movie, before the wipe to the credits.

Do you ever recall such a thing?