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This site says that the 1992 version fixed the Wide Screen problem “Incredible Shrinking Ratio” http://www.davisdvd.com/misc/ep4.htm that the problem got fixed in the 1992 release of Star Wars on LaserDisc. Well I check my 1992 version and it has the same problem the “Incredible Shrinking Ratio” I check the jacket of the cover its says 1992 but I bought these used at the laserDisc store I shopped at years ago may be they change the Disc. I looked at the Disc and they also say 1992. If any one can please check there LaserDisc and see if they have this problem please let me know.
WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN: The letterboxed Japanese transfer was used to create this edition and since the picture on that had been shifted up, some slight re-adjustment was necessary to equalize the letterbox bands and place the 2.35 frame closer to the center. How this was done was through a “controlled video scroll” (like adjusting the vertical hold on an older TV set) to move the picture to the approximate center of the screen. The top of the frame, now vacant of the original picture, was matted over with a black letterbox band. Now here’s the kicker: since this was all done by eye, at some point during this correction process the top letterbox band began over-matting onto the top edge of the picture. This essentially changed the aspect ratio of the film midway! To check for yourselves, grab this laserdisc and chapter to the cantina sequence. Go up to your screen and mark where the top letterbox band meets the top of the picture frame. At the point Greedo gets shot, the top black band will creep down lower than its original position. And to make matters worse, this happens a second time somewhere during the course of the film. So by the point the rebels are preparing to attack the Death Star, the film’s aspect ratio has changed from 2.35:1 to 2.55:1. This “Incredible Shrinking Ratio” was later corrected in 1992 and issued on both VHS and laserdisc. See below for that [ Very Special Thanks to David C. Fein ]
And I foudn the same problem in the 1992 release. The only thing I can think of FOX had some old LaserDisc and thet slapped new labs on they to sell.
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