Thanks to the work of Dark Jedi and many others, most of the US LaserDisc releases have now been captured to DVD.
However, some of the earlier releases have not yet been captured (that I know of). They are:-
Star Wars
1982 Pan and Scan CLV, CX Stereo, 1 disc, Extended Play, Time compressed to 118 mins, 20th Century Fox Video - an ebay auction for this has now been won
1983 Pan and Scan CLV, CX Stereo, 1 disc, Extended Play, Time compressed to 118 mins, CBS/FOX
1985 Pan and Scan CAV, CX Stereo, 3 discs, Standard Play - an ebay auction for this has now been won
1989 Widescreen CLV, CX Stereo, 2 discs, Extended Play with “incredible shrinking ratio”, CBS/FOX
1992 Widescreen CLV, CX Stereo, 2 discs, Extended Play with fixed “incredible shrinking ratio”, Fox Video - an ebay auction for this has now been won
The Empire Strikes Back
1984 Pan and Scan CLV, CX Stereo, 1 disc, Extended Play, Time compressed to under 120 mins
1985 Pan and Scan CAV, CX Stereo, 3 discs, Standard Play - an ebay auction for this has now been won
1989 Widescreen CLV, CX Stereo, 2 discs, Extended Play
Return of the Jedi
1986 Pan and Scan CLV, CX Stereo, 2 disc, Extended Play
1990 Widescreen CLV, CX Stereo, 2 discs, Extended Play
In there are the 1977 and 1980 theatrical audios for Star Wars and Empire, the first US release of a Widescreen edition, Star Wars compressed to 118 minutes and Star Wars with the “incredible shrinking ratio” problem - all worthy candidates to be preserved.
My question is, does anyone have any of these discs and would they be willing to mail them away to be captured and preserved. Dark Jedi is on board with this should there be any interest.
I have already put my money where my mouth is as I will be buying the Empire CAV disc just for the 1980 theatrical soundtrack as well as offering with some of the costs. I am also watching a few auctions for other discs too, including the Special Widescreen Edition (with “incredible shrinking ratio” on Star Wars).
Dark Jedi thinks that there may not be much interest in this but I hope there is. Who is right and who is wrong???