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Some basic info for the many various box set releases of the Original Trilogy on video tape from 1988 to 2000…

 
Hopefully this thread will be of some help for anyone who has a box set copy of the Original Trilogy on VHS (or Betamax!) and wants to know a little more about it - or is a little unsure of the origins of the release - and may require a little assistance in identifying it.

Also, that this thread may come up with a few unknown / rare variants of the Original Trilogy box sets out there - as most of the releases in here are likely to be from the US or UK. It’d be great to have some input and info included from some of the Australian & New Zealand, Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, and Czech releases - and any other box set releases from countries around the world too.
 

1988 saw the the very first 3-film ‘set’ release for the Original Trilogy - though technically not a ‘box set’; as it was simply the three individual films wrapped together by a piece of card - and marketed as a ‘Trilogy 3-Pack’.

1995 saw an Original Trilogy box set release in Mexico - on the Betamax format.

2000 was the year the last home video tape box set release for the Original Trilogy (which contained the 1997 Special Editions).

Surprisingly, it would be another four years before a DVD set of the Original Trilogy would be released - with yet another bout of changes made to all three classic OT films for the 2004 DVD box set release (and with even more changes still to come in 2011 for the blu ray box set, and yet further alterations in 2019 for the 4K / UHD / Disney+ release)…
 

The Index…

1988 & 1989
1990
1992
1995
1997
2000
Miscellaneous
 

An Index for ‘Original Trilogy Box Sets from around the world’ posts in this thread…

^ featuring Norway : Australia & New Zealand : Netherlands : Germany : France : Italy : Spain : Mexico 1 (Spanish) : Brazil (Portuguese) : Japan : Chile (Spanish) : Argentina (Spanish) : Mexico 2 (Spanish) : Thai : Poland

Just for clarity, this is a thread for ‘3-in-1’ box sets releases around the world - and won’t contain any information on the ‘single film’ releases of the Original Trilogy on home video tape - or the laserdisc box set releases (of which althor1138’s superb ‘Star Wars Laserdisc Preservations’ thread is a must-read for anyone interested in those).
 

More information on the many Original Trilogy releases for various other ‘older’ formats can be found in the…

‘The Home Releases and Formats of the differing versions of the OT films’

…section of An Index Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion (Video8, Super8, CED, VHD, V2000, Beta, VHS, LD, VCD, & DVD etc).

As ever, if you see any mistakes or broken links please let us know - or have anything for inclusion to the above info too. 👍

‘Star Wars: Detours: Animated Series Finally Set to Release on Disney+ After 9-Year Purgatory’:-

https://www.thevulcanreporter.com/exclusives/star-wars-detours-disney-plus-release
 

From the article above…

‘While we do not know when Disney plans to release the series on its streaming service, we do know that around 52 episodes and specials have fully finished production. It is likely that Star Wars: Detours is planned as a surprise release on May 4, 2021.’

 
Probably best taken with a pinch of salt until verified elsewhere or officially announced - though good to see previously unreleased Star Wars content see the light of day (I think…)
 

‘Okay grandpa, just what is Betamax?’ - I hear some of you young whippersnappers ask…

 
Betamax (also known as Beta, as in its logo) is a consumer-level analog-recording and cassette format of magnetic tape for video, commonly known as a video cassette recorder. It was developed by Sony and was released in Japan on May 10, 1975.

The first Betamax device introduced in the United States was the LV-1901 console, which included a 19-inch (48 cm) color monitor, and appeared in stores in early November 1975. The cassettes contain 0.50-inch-wide (12.7 mm) videotape in a design similar to that of the earlier, professional 0.75-inch-wide (19 mm), U-matic format.

Betamax is obsolete, having eventually lost the ‘videotape format war’ to VHS. Despite this, Betamax recorders were not discontinued until August 2002. Betamax cassettes were available until March 2016, when Sony stopped making and selling them, alongside MicroMV.

^ information and image is taken from the Wikipedia article for Betamax - to which more in-depth info can be found in the link.
 

An introduction to the Original Trilogy on Betamax…

 
Continuing on with some of the more obscure and oft-forgotten formats that the Original Trilogy saw releases for a long time ago… on CED, on VHD, on Video8, on V2000, on VCD, and on Super 8 formats…

Betamax.
 

• Home taping…

1982 was the year Star Wars was released on home video (VHS, V2000 & Betamax) - a full five years after the release of Star Wars at the cinema.

VCRs did existed as far back as 1975 - and many people did ‘record’ the showings of Star Wars on TV onto a blank tape when the film was eventually aired on tv back in 1982 in the US (via PPV; something which only half a million people could access at the time).

Yet very few people had VCRs due to the considerable cost at the time - especially in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.

Later, the Trilogy was shown on US network TV - 1984 for Star Wars, 1987 for Empire Strikes Back, and in 1989 for Return Of The Jedi.

In fact Star Wars was still running at some cinemas in the US fourteen months after being released on home video (in 1982).
 

• Official releases to rent or buy…

This was a time when rentals made up the vast majority of the videotape market, and it would be several more years before Star Wars was available to own at a price which many fans may have been able to afford (in 1982 to buy Star Wars on tape was circa $80, and a VCR could cost circa $600).

Not to mention that home video viewers were still only able to view more than half the picture that had been seen on cinema screens - as Star Wars was cropped (‘panned and scanned’) to fit the dimensions of 4:3 TV sets.
 

• In the US and Europe…

Though Betamax was considered by many to be superior to VHS in quality, it lost out in the ‘format war’ - and the last release of Betamax for the Original Trilogy was in 1986 for Return Of The Jedi (in the UK & US). Betamax never saw a ‘box set’ or ‘3-film set’ release of the OT - as VHS did get in 1988 with the ‘Star Wars Trilogy 3-Pack’ set (links to a 22 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel), and many other later VHS box sets in the US and Europe, that is…
 

• Outside of the US and Europe…

However, there was a 1995 release on Betamax for the three Original Trilogy films… in Mexico - with the popular John Alvin artwork used at the time for the more widely available VHS releases. More info on this Betamax release can be found in the video linked to below in this thread.
 

There was also a 1995 Original Trilogy box set release for Betamax in Mexico…
 

There were also Betamax releases of the three Original Trilogy films for Mexico - back in 1988…

MasterKal said:

Hello here it is, finally have them!!! i´ll search this for YEARS and it is very very rare in the condition i have.
 

 
Plus I have Ewoks and Droids cartoon, Ewoks Caravan and battle for endor in mexican BETA and VHS too

^ Superb OT Beta set MasterKal - thank you very much for posting this rare set up on here 👍

Some online videos re the Original Trilogy films on the Betamax format…

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #4.1: ANH VHS vs. Betamax (1982 - 1987)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVKHVBmF_wE - a 20 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #3: ANH on VHS and Betamax (1982 - 1983)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM8Q9EJTziw - a 16 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #88: Early ANH Tapes Revisited’ (including Betamax):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esy-5LOaARA - a 15 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #210​: Betamax Video Rental Library Editions’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeaxLj0Je8s - a 9 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

'From the Star Wars Home Video Library #341​: ‘Revenge Of The Jedi’ - Trailer Beta Cassette:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHuLGpM4Tso - a 5 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

‘The Starship Review - Ep. 6: Star Wars Trilogy on Betamax’ (all 3 tapes are rental copies from an old video store):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EXCzLfSpkw - a 4 minute video at the JPFAN5 youtube channel.

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #390​: 1995 Mexican Beta Original Trilogy’ (with the John Alvin artwork):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknIXJjPU1s - a 6 minute video at the Nathan Butler youtube channel.

Betamax Cover Art for just some the Original Trilogy releases (as found on the superb www.starwarshomevideo.com)…

^ image from the 1982 US release of Star Wars: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2020/01/star-wars-usa-1982-beta.html

^ image from the 1984 US release of Empire: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2020/01/the-empire-strikes-back-usa-1984-beta.html

^ image from the 1986 US release of Return Of The Jedi: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2020/01/return-of-jedi-usa-1986-beta.html

Some online videos re the Original Trilogy films on the Betamax format - from the UK…

^ image from the 1982 UK release of Star Wars: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2018/11/star-wars-uk-betamax-1982.html

^ image from the 1984 UK release of ESB: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2018/11/empire-strikes-back-uk-betamax-1984.html

^ image from the 1986 UK release of ROTJ: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2018/11/return-of-jedi-uk-betamax-1986.html

Krieg Der Sterne - Beta release in Germany - 1985…

^ image from the 1985 German release of Star Wars: www.starwarshomevideo.com/2020/01/krieg-der-sterne-german-beta-1985.html

More cover art and info for further variances of the Betamax releases (including rental tapes) - as we all as releases such as ‘Caravan Of Courage’, ‘SPFX: Empire Strikes Back’, and ‘The Making Of Star Wars’, can be found at:-

http://www.starwarshomevideo.com/search/label/Betamax

Rare cover art and info for a 1986 Norwegian rental copy of ‘Return Of The Jedi’, can be found here:-

https://www.swonvideo.com/beta/vbetarotjno.htm

An image of ‘Star Wars: Droids’ being available for rental on Betamax…

A few more informative videos on the Betamax releases for other Star Wars releases…

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #21.4: The Making of Star Wars and SP FX: ESB on Betamax’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlRAQW8u48 - a 3 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #211​: Betamax Making of Star Wars (1980)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWYfzXphu3U - a 5 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘Clip - Star Wars & the Optical Printer (1986) BETAMAX’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g4RMM8COW0 - a 12 minute video from the Edutainment Edutainment youtube channel

Reviews & Information:

 
• SWonVideo.com Page for Star Wars Betamax releases - by Video Collector
• StarWarsOnHomeVideo Page for Star Wars Betamax releases - by projectcclarke
• Holocron Vault: Betamax Info - check the 1982, 1984 & 1986 pages for OT Betamax info
• The SW CAD: Betamax Info - at the SW Archive Database
• DavisDVD•com’s Information Pages on OT Betamax releases (and other formats) - SW : ESB : ROTJ : Misc
• Star Wars comes home: The history of the 1977 film on VHS and Beta - 2014 article at Episode Nothing
• From the Star Wars Home Video Library #143​: The Empire Strikes Back 1984 Preorder Form - video from Nathan Butler
• Star Wars on Betamax and VHS? - 2010 forum discussion on Rebel Scum
• Collectibles for the Outer Rim: VHS releases - 2015 article at SW•com (listed in here for info)

• Flashback 1975: The VCR Is Born - 2018 article at Sound & Vision
• 30th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Monumental Decision About Betamax - 2014 article at Slate
• Betamax: Tidbits - at the Beta Info Guide
• How Betamax Was Going to Change Your Life, According to Sony - 2015 article at Mental Floss
• 1975. The 1st ever Betamax VCR. The Sony LV-1901 - article at Rewind Museum
• The rise and demise of Betamax - 2020 article at CultRFace
• Betamax is dead, long live VHS - 2015 article at The Guardian
• Betamax is dead - 2015 article at EW
• A Product of Genius: A Eulogy for Sony Betamax (1975 – 2016) - 2016 article at Flashbak
• RIP Betamax — Sony officially kills analogue video format after three-decade fight with rival VHS - 2015 article at EP
• 5 things you may not know about the Betamax - article at LegacyBox

OriginalTrilogy•com threads related to the OT on Betamax:

 
• Info Wanted: anyone done a OT betamax and from star wars to jedi preservation? - 2005 thread, by skyjedi2005

• Info Wanted: Anyone ever do a Betamax transfer of the Oriignal Trilogy as a preservation? - 2009 thread, by skyjedi2005

• Theater Performance Preservation - 2010 thread, by none

• Theater Performance Edition: Empire Strikes Back betamax bootleg preservation. (Released) - 2013 thread, by Video Collector

• Theater Performance Edition: Return of the Jedi betamax bootleg preservation (Released) - a 2013 thread, by Video Collector

• PAL Betamax question… - a 2005 thread, by SilverWook

• Slightly OT: Betamax tape surgery question… - a 2005 thread, by SilverWook
 

^ There are also mentions of Betamax releases in some of the Videotape threads in the ‘The Home Releases and Formats of the differing versions of the OT films…’ section of the An Index & Help Thread for Original Trilogy Discussion.

With more Betamax discussions in the ‘Original Trilogy Preservations - VHS / Videotape, CED & Laserdisc sourced’ of the An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations thread.

An old postal competition where the 1st prize was a 50" tv, betamax recorder and copy of Star Wars on Betamax:

A magazine advert from 1975 for a Betamax recorder…

Wookieepedia blurb : https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_home_video_releases

About the Betamax format as a whole…

‘How Sony’s Betamax lost to JVC’s VHS Cassette Recorder’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYZITaxlTQ - a 4 minute video from the engineerguy youtube channel

‘Betamax: Old Technology Returns Once More’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4YbM_PVZcM - a 35 minute video at the CCGFilms youtube channel

Obligatory Wikipedia Page for the Betamax format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax

Techopedia for info on the Betamax format: www.techopedia.com/definition/32378/betamax-beta

VHS vs Betamax - The Difference: https://kodakdigitizing.com/blogs/news/what-is-the-difference-between-betamax-and-vhs

Total Rewind article on Betamax: www.totalrewind.org/betamax.htm

Sony says goodbye to Betamax tapes in 2016 - 2015 article on Beta blank tapes: www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34776424

As ever, if you see any mistakes or broken links please let us know - or have anything for inclusion to the above info too. 👍

If anyone has a Beta / Betamax preservation project of the Original Trilogy please let us know - thank you.
 

I can’t quite remember for certain - though think for the first six Star Wars films it is a variant of ‘Franklin Gothic Medium Condensed’ (probably in ‘Bold’?). It is also sometimes known as the ‘Univers’ font?

For the Sequel Trilogy… I think it was changed to ‘News Gothic’.
 

The ‘Typesetting, Font & Logo Artists’ section of the…

Original Trilogy Film Crew & People Behind The Scenes: Profiles, Info & Links…

&

The ‘Star Wars font, crawl & logo information’ section of the…

An Index & Help Thread for Case Covers, Disc Labels, and Fan Art
 

threads may contain a more certain answer.
 

Great covers and disc art too, Yub Nub. I especially like the 3-in-1 cover 😃
 

https://www.deviantart.com/mrwidden/gallery

^ love the 4KXX 3-in-1 cover - and your Muppets stuff as well 👍
 

^ Good to see a real set being used for the Kenobi series 👍 - I wonder if any flashback scenes in the show will be done in 90’s style green screen (just for the conformity to match the Prequel ‘style’) 😉
 

If the shows casts someone called Parsec then we know the Force is truly with this show, ZkinandBonez!
 

‘A day long remembered: Star Wars comes to television’

^ a 2016 article at the excellent ‘Episode Nothing’ blog - with a few images and advert videos from the time.

It also chronicles the early US TV appearances - and also quotes from Lucasfilm seemingly not happy and also not wanting Star Wars to be on tv…

‘Star Wars on TV: how Britain’s TV Times celebrated its arrival on the small screen’

^ another 2016 article at the excellent ‘Episode Nothing’ blog - with more images and advert videos form the time.

As well as The TV Times’ Star Wars comic strip!

and from the same quality ‘Episode Nothing’ blog…

‘A 1977 interview with Mark Hamill from Blue Peter - and what it reveals about Star Wars’

Star Wars At 40 (pop-up 4) - UK TV Premiere, 35 years ago - an insightful and cool 2017 ‘Strange Tales’ blog post.

ITV trailer for the 1982 UK TV premiere of Star Wars - a 32 second youtube video; from Philo1978.

Star Wars: 1982 UK TV Premiere - ITV London: Continuity and Adverts - a 22 minute youtube video; from Young But Retro 2.

Christmas 1988 empire strikes back Anglia tv intro - a 30 second youtube video, from jaysnell75.

Return of the Jedi UK Première on ITV, Boxing Day, Christmas 1989 - a 3 minute youtube video; from Gareth McCarthy.

A couple of BBC articles from 2001 re the 1997 Special Editions being shown on satellite TV in the UK for the first time:-

Sky wins Star Wars (15th February)

Satellite TV feels force of Star Wars (3rd April)

A 2002 article from The Guardian on the first showing the 1997 Special Editions on terrestrial UK TV:-

Star Wars takes ITV over to the dark side (11th September)

Help: looking for… star wars ITV broadcast version - a 2005 OT•com discussion thread

Info: 1983 UK ‘TVS’ Star Wars premiere - anybody still have a recording? - a 2012 OT•com discussion thread
 

📍 A few available Original Trilogy Preservations - from a long time ago . . . . - November 2024 ‘legacy project’ offer…

^ Copies of the ITV Premieres for ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Empire Strikes Back’ have been found and made available - however ‘Return Of The Jedi’ is still missing from the collection. If you have a copy or know where it can be acquired, please let us know - thank you.

 
a few articles from the official site about Star Wars in the UK (should be some TV airing mentions too?)…
 

Star Wars in the UK: Late '70s, Early '80s

Star Wars in the UK: The '90s

Star Wars in the UK: 1977, the First Star Wars Christmas

Star Wars in the UK: Star Wars Monthly Issues 159 - 165

Star Wars in the UK: The Dark Times, 1987—1991

Star Wars in the UK: Together We Shall Ruler the Galaxy

London Calling: Star Wars in the United Kingdom - 2023 article

more articles can be found at this link - www.starwars.com/news/tag/star-wars-in-the-uk

This may be of interest for UK cinemagoers of the Original Trilogy…

1977: when Star Wars hit the UK – in pictures - 2015 gallery from The Guardian; also includes ESB and ROTJ.
 

‘Okay grandpa, just what is Super 8?’ - I hear some of you young whippersnappers ask…

 
Super 8mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement over the older “Double” or “Regular” 8 mm home movie format.

The film is nominally 8mm wide, the same as older formatted 8mm film, but the dimensions of the rectangular perforations along one edge are smaller, which allows for a greater exposed area. The Super 8 standard also allocates the border opposite the perforations for an oxide stripe upon which sound can be magnetically recorded.

Unlike Super 35 (which is generally compatible with standard 35mm equipment), the film stock used for Super 8 is not compatible with standard 8 mm film cameras.

There are several varieties of the film system used for shooting, but the final film in each case has the same dimensions. The most popular system by far was the Kodak system.
 

^ information and image is taken from the wikipedia article for Super8 - to which more in-depth info can be found in the link.

An introduction to the Original Trilogy on Super 8…

 
Continuing on with some of the more obscure and oft-forgotten formats that the Original Trilogy saw releases for a long time ago… on CED, on VHD, on Video8, on VCD, on Betamax, and on V2000 formats…

Super8.

Only ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Empire Strikes Back’ saw Super 8 releases - unfortunately ‘Return Of The Jedi’ had no such official release… until Derann in the UK won the rights to release 20th Century Fox films on Super 8… and then released ROTJ circa 1989.
 

Two quality sources chronicling the history of the Original Trilogy on Super8 (far better than I ever could) can be found here:-
 

Star Wars comes home: the Super 8 releases from Ken Films - 2013 article at Episode Nothing (a superb & informative blog)

Watching Star Wars on film - 2010 article at the SavingStarWars website - inc ROTJ on Super 8 (by zombie84)
 

A screenshot image of the article linked above can be found below (click on Expand to see the image)…

Some videos with footage from the films on the Super 8 format (and info too)…

‘KEN Films STAR WARS 8mm B&W reel (no sound) HD scan and transfer’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWtBpt5fLo - a 13 minute video at the Rockensuess Productions/RFI youtube channel

‘Vintage Empire Strikes Back Super 8 Color With Sound (both reels)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7avLx1mfN0 - a 34 minute video at the dartman71 youtube channel.

‘The Empire Strikes Back Super8 on Film Viewers’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcoqetVGRqw - a 10 minute video at the Petr Harmy youtube channel.

‘Super8 - Il ritorno dello Jedi (1983) - DERANN AGFA SCOPE’ (Return Of The Jedi):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nutKJsfGNYQ - a 3 minute sample video at the Super8 Cine youtube channel.

‘Star Wars Super8 Digest’ (Side-by-Side comparison video of Ken films in Cinemascope & Cineavision):-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO--jgUD0mQ - 18 minute video at the DotwinMA youtube channel.

‘Revenge of the Jedi Teaser Trailer - Super 8mm’ - note Luke’s blue lightsaber in use on Jabba’s Skiff Barge:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNveQK87Bnc - 84 second trailer at the SuperEight youtube channel.

Super 8 Cover Art for just some the Original Trilogy releases (as found on the superb SWonVideo.com website)…

^ image from https://www.swonvideo.com/8mm/v8anhf48b&w.htm - ‘Star Wars, selected scenes, Super8 reel (7 mins), black & white, Ken films USA 1977’

^ image from https://www.swonvideo.com/8mm/8mmf64cinemascope.htm - ‘Star Wars, Selected scenes, Super8 reel (17 mins.), Color/sound, Ken films, USA 1977 Cinemascope version’

^ image from https://www.swonvideo.com/8mm/v8esbusf63.htm - ‘Empire Strikes Back, selected scenes, Super8 reel (17 mins), Color/sound, Ken films’

& by Video Collector (SWonVideo.com site owner) in this OT•com thread: 70 mm print of the Empire Strikes Back Differences

^ image from https://www.swonvideo.com/8mm/v8esbusf65.htm - ‘The Empire Strikes Back, Selected scenes, Super8 reel (17 mins.), Color/sound, Ken films, USA 1980’

^ images from Info & Images: Return of the Jedi - Super 8mm DERANN - a 2020 OT•com thread

^ although the image is from Return Of The Jedi - Derann used this as a cover for Star Wars (1977). If anyone has cover artwork or an image for the Return Of The Jedi release by Derann, please let us know 👍

A few more informative videos on the Super 8 releases for the Original Trilogy…

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #1: Super 8 ANH’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8AJdgZTAg - a 15 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #1.1: Super 8 ANH Update #1’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVgwA23baOM - a 4 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #1.2: Super 8 Update #2’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oicd8JHbR2w - a 20 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

‘From the Star Wars Home Video Library #510: ANH Super 8 Reel (Widescreen, Cinemacope)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TVwykvom2Y - a 12 minute video from the Nathan Butler youtube channel

Reviews & Information:

 
• Watching Star Wars on film - 2010 article at the SavingStarWars website (by zombie84)
• Star Wars comes home: the Super 8 releases from Ken Films - 2013 article at Episode Nothing (a superb & informative blog)
• Remember Star Wars on Super 8mm? - 2008 article at StarWars•com (via the Internet Archive)
• Celebrate The Empire Strikes Back 40th Anniv. with the Original 35-Minute Super 8 Home Release - 2020 article at MovieWeb
• SWonVideo.com Page for Super 8 - includes cover art & info (by Video Collector)
• StarWarsHomeVideo.com Page for Super 8 - includes cover art & info (by projectcclarke)
• 5 Awesome Star Wars Media Collectibles - 2015 article at StarWars•com
• The best versions of Star Wars you can buy on eBay - 2015 article at The Verge
• Fantastic Fan Made Super 8 Behind the Scenes Video Footage from ‘Return of the Jedi’ - 2012 article at Original Prop
• Star Wars: Selected Scenes - Super 8 transfer (with sound) - 8 minute video at the Nick Bontrager vimeo channel

• Star Wars on Super 8mm - 2017 discussion on Wookieepedia
• Return of the Jedi Super 8mm - 2017 forum discussion at starwarsforum•co•uk
• Star Wars, Scope Stereo feature - 2019 forum discussion at ReelMagicFilmForum
• Derann closing down - 2011 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• The Empire Strikes Back 2X400ft Ken Films - 2009 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• Return of the Jedi (Scope) - - 2007 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• The increasing significance of the 8mm full length ‘Star Wars’ feature prints - 2011 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• STAR WARS Derann feature, anyone? - 2019 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• Star Wars Trilogy in Super 8 - 2013 forum discussion at 8mmForum
• Check Out The 1977 Super 8 Version Of Star Wars! - 2021 article at Pop Culture Retrorama

OriginalTrilogy•com threads related to Super 8 (including some preservation projects):

 
• Info Wanted: has anyone tried a Star Wars Super 8mm to DVD preservation project? - 2005 thread, by segaflip

• The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released) - 2006 thread, by Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda

• Info: Star Wars Super 8 film black & white - any use for people here? - 2007 thread, by StarWarsFan1976

• Super 8mm Digest Films and Features anyone else here collect them? - 2008 thread, by skyjedi2005

• Star Wars on Super8 (Released) - a 2013 thread, by poita

• Info & Images: Return of the Jedi - Super 8mm DERANN - 2020 thread, by marin888

• Info: Star Wars Derann Super 8mm Scope/Stereo Sound Feature Film - on eBay - 2014 thread, by JayArgonaut

• Info Wanted : anyone done a The Empire Strikes Back Super 8 HD Recreation? - 2016 thread, by Windows7Guy100

• Info: Online 8mm Preservations - 2012 thread, by none (also includes Video8 projects info)

• Info: ILM 1976-8 Super-8 - David Berry (Released - on vimeo) - 2009 thread, by none

• Help: looking for… a quality version of Star Wars | Super-8 | B & W | Silent (subtitled) - 2012 thread, by raphael

‘An advert placed by the company Leisuremail in the first edition of the British Star Wars Weekly in February 1978’:

^ the image above is from the Star Wars comes home: the Super 8 releases from Ken Films article at Episode Nothing.

Wookieepedia blurb : https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars_home_video_releases

About the Super 8 format as a whole…

‘The Super 8 Gauge: A Brief Guide’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiasSJkhRQI - a 19 minute video from the Movie Collector youtube channel

‘Super 8 | Part 1 | Introduction’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4CF3XDPW-U - a 7 minute video at the Ray Roberts youtube channel

Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf1ZdMRuWqc (8 mins)

Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7B5iM5VNMo (7 mins)

Obligatory Wikipedia Page for the Super 8 format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_film

‘Live Science’ Page for info on the Super 8 format: www.livescience.com/33332-why-super-8-great.html

Legacy Box Page for the Super 8 format: https://legacybox.com/blogs/analog/super-8-film-format

Guardian article on the popularity of Super 8: www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2011/aug/08/super-8-camera-jj-abrams

As ever, if you see any mistakes or broken links please let us know - or have anything for inclusion to the above info too. 👍

Mate, if a thread already exists for what you are looking for then please post in that thread - rather than creating new threads.

If everyone created a new thread for projects they are after which already have their own threads… we’d soon sink under the sheer number of threads like this - and the Trash section is already full of similar request threads.

Thank you 👍
 

https://twitter.com/StarWarsVisComp/status/1378039662195916801

‘This image was not created between 1977-1983.’

^ From Paul Duncan’s officially licensed ‘The Star Wars Archives - 1977-83’ book.
 

‘Triangular USB connectors were soon abandoned after some users complained of needing to rotate them up to six times before successful insertion.’

Hi dg91, please give the Fan Edit / Preservation Forum Rules and FAQ a read, mate.

You’ll need to own the official retail release to adhere to our rules if you are going to do a fan edit or two on here. We are not pirates - nor do we buy or sell rips of the official retail releases on here.
 

It may be worth checking ebay, charity / pawn shops, CEX, music magpie, and any online sales etc for a good deal on the 2020 AOTC & ROTS blu rays.

As of right now, the 2020 Skywalker Saga blu ray boxset is up on ebay UK for £39.62 - and there may also be deals for the AOTC and ROTS individually on there too (a very quick look has them available for around a £5er each).

Edit: CEX has the 2020 Skywalker Saga blu ray boxset for £35 (and when the physical shops open in the UK on the 12th April your local CEX may well be worth checking for individual discs as well).
 

Good luck with getting them - and for your edits too. 👍
 

‘Star Trek: Picard - Season 2 | Official Teaser’ (coming in 2022):-

www.youtube.com/watch?v=goGKVxJMzFY - a 90 second video at the Amazon Prime youtube channel.

‘Star Trek: Picard - Season 2 New Trailer’

www.dailymotion.com/video/x8202nr - a 60 second trailer at the Pro TV dailymotion channel.

^

Hi You_Too,

I’m going to move this into ‘Star Wars Preservations’ a little later today - where it may get more traffic and attention (and also where more members likely remember your contributions on here over the years).

If you’d like me to move this thread back to ‘The Cantina’ just let me know.
 

Having read your and your mother’s plight I can only hope things will turns around for you both soon. All the positive waves coming your way 👍

You’ll always be appreciated on here.

MTFBWY.
 

‘The Man From Uncle’ films were a pretty fun watch - though a little cheesy in some places?

The Harry Palmer films were a decent watch too - though a little more gritty than the Bond films?
 

Agreed - some quality artwork for these promotions…

http://www.revengeofthe5th.net/2014/05/the-awesome-burger-chefburger-king-star.html

^ from http://theswca.com/images-store/bcswpostersposter.html

^ from http://www.battlegrip.com/star-wars-posters-at-burger-chef-in-1977/

A nice story on them here - https://craigzablo.com/?p=9708
 

CaptainFaraday said:

Add an H to Luke’s forehead on Crait, to bring TLJ more in line with Red Dwarf canon.

Oi! Take it to the ‘Best Ideas’ thread.

'Dragon Con 2017 Shedding Light on Lightsabers RetroBlasting Panel:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_TB9BgeT04 - a 47 minute video from the RetroBlasting youtube channel
 

The blurb: ‘RetroBlasting teams up with Star Wars at DragonCon track once again to deliver a presentation about the history of the lightsaber within the Star Wars saga. We’re going across the galaxy to shed light on lightsabers in this DragonCon 2017 panel!’
 

^ Some quality information and insights into lightsabers in the Star Wars films and tv series (though mainly in the OT).
 

The Original Trilogy VCDs (as can be seen here - with some pointers to the Prequel Trilogy VCDs too) are also available to buy on the likes of eBay, flea markets, and also online stores specialising in these types of ‘retro’ format.
 

There are also some preservation projects (as they were once only available via import and quite rare) and ‘info & discussion’ threads listed up in…

An Index Of Projects & Help Thread for Star Wars Preservations…
 

‘Sealed Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000, shattering record for most expensive game ever’:-

The previous record was $156,000

https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/2/22364245/super-mario-bros-most-expensive-game-ever-record-sealed-auction
 

 
I’m going to have to dig through my collection of old games… 😃
 

fmalover said:

I recently watched a retrospective on the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project, and on the segment dedicated to the SotE videogame they reference the fact that it has a bit of everything, an on-rails shooter, third-person action shooter, starfighter shooter, and they consider this a weakness but I disagree.

I kinda miss games that had a bit of everything. Now it’s strictly a platformer, an action RPG, an open world adventure, but there’s no mix-and-match.

I love that game - and still play it from time to time. Agree with you - the variety of styles is a strength of SOTE, not a weakness - especially considering the length of the game too.
 

This new OT thread on it may be of some interest fmalover:-

Shadows Of The Empire : Lucasfilm’s mid-to-late 1990’s EU multimedia project

and if anyone is into ‘retro’ games, these OT gaming threads have been updated / created…

LEGO Star Wars - the games!!

Rogue Squadron - N64 / GC / PC video game series thread

Jedi Knight games | Dark Forces, JK: DFII, JK: MOTS, JKII: Jedi Outcast, JK: Jedi Academy

Star Wars Video Games - a general discussion thread
 

Most, if not all, of the ‘Star Wars: Vintage’ collection is now available in HD on Disney+ (or SD upscales labelled up as being HD?)

• Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
• Ewoks: The Battle for Endor
• The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (animated short from the 1978 Holiday Special)
• Clone Wars (2003 animated series)
• Star Wars: Ewoks
• Star Wars: Droids (coming later this year)

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-vintage-collection-disney-plus
 

Yet still no HD or 4K release for the unaltered theatrical version of the Original Trilogy available to buy.
 

'Classic Star Wars books are getting re-released for Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary’:-

https://www.polygon.com/star-wars/22364157/star-wars-essential-legends-books-zahn-thrawn-bane

and at Del Rey’s twitter account too - https://twitter.com/DelReyStarWars/status/1377981111263973379
 

Lucasfilm’s 50th anniversary certainly does seem to be used as a cash-cow more than a celebration of the company and what it has achieved…

Let’s hope the authors receive their royalties for these repackaged books - unlike others.
 

Moiisty said:

oojason said:

Nice idea Moiisty 👍
 

It may also be worth comparing the Disney+ version of the two Ewok films to…

Rancor022’s Project Ewok; 4K Upscales

and

tbird97’s The Ewok movies; TV Preservation

as well?
 

Would u be able to provide me the 4k/1080p upscale version, i wont compare to the tv version because lq plus its just title screens. Thx

Sorry mate - I don’t have them; though am sure tbird97 & Rancor022 could help with what you are after 😃
 

https://twitter.com/TTGames/status/1377984167233744899

‘Thanks to all our fans for your continued patience.’