who here originals
>>63987401
Holy crap this brought back some repressed memories. I never owned the trilogy on VHS but remember seeing them at blockbuster all the time.
>>63987438
>repressed memories
>seeing them at blockbuster
Im so sorry you got raped at blockbuster when you were young
Is that TR-8R in the middle?
tfw last generation to watch this on vhs
1994 here. used to watch them all the time when i was 6 or so
>>63987401
Still got them from when I was a kid. There's even a dried booger/snot on my Empire Strikes Back one because I watched it so many times.
Who here fast forwarded through the Leonard Maltin interviews before each movie? Who here loved the "one last time" preview before the movies started?
>>63987401
Are these in widescreen or pan and scan? My gf's dad owns them but I've mostly just stuck to the despecialized, I might buy them from him because it'd be nice to physically own the original versions
>>63987401
i have those originals on VHS, and I have the 1997 remastered versions on VHS with the later behind the scenes look at the Lars homestead (bought them in 2002)
my dad used to have the originals on laser disc too
do i have to know what happens in the prequels to know what goes on in star wars force awakens? are those referenced?
>>63987531
>1994 here
fag
>>63987540
i always skipped the interviews
>>63987551
Besides a token mention of a clone army and a barely noticeable voice over cameo from Ewan MacGregor, the prequels aren't mentioned at all.
It's a sequel to the original trilogy through and through, JJ and Kasdan have made their disdain for the prequels well known
>>63987401
kek i have those in my basement somewhere
>>63987401
I remember asking for this set and the special edition set that came out in 1997 for Christmas. Parents did not disappoint, no idea where these VHS are now though.
>>63987551
no fuck the prequels. dont even bother
>>63987438
Same here. Can still remember it clear as light and day.
I always loved those covers. Empire and Jedi were my favourite.
>>63987401
>tfw got that box set at Goodwill but the asshole who gave it to them replaced A New Hope with Attack of the Clones
>>63987651
>1997
>lucas edited version
hope you didnt see jabba in new hope
>>63987540
>"one last time"
Hoooly fuck, triggered in the best of ways.
>>63987401
>Rewatch originals
>End up thinking ANH was actually the best directed of the three
>Its the only one of the three Lucas personally directed
i dunno what this says about me or George Lucas
maybe its because ANH's plot was the most basic and self-contained so its hard to mess up
>>63987401
>Yoda not on Empire
>Stormtrooper not on New Hope
>Vader not on Jedi
>>63987788
i heard from Mike on RLM that the movie was saved in editing
>>63987540
Thanks for giving me feels anon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r076Z2BgpyY
>own the original on VHS
>unopened
>>63987788
>>63987826
ANH is well known for how good the editing was.
Marcia Lucas basically MADE the trench run. It was originally a boring sequence were Luke had two tries on the exhaust port. It had no tension, but she re-edited it into a single run where Luke blows up the Death Star seconds before it fired. She and her co-editors won an Oscar for their work.
>tfw remembering my friend saying he had the R-rated version of the original trilogy back in 1998
>tfw it was the 1997 re-release
>>63987706
Yeah I watched the original new hope then the special edition with the brand new jabba scene. Thought it was cool till how awful it looked when Han "walked" over his tail.
>>63987900
He says "One Last Time" so ominous too.
Like he knew.
Pretty sure these VHS tapes were the first movies I ever watched.
I'm gonna have to sit down and watch these untainted versions again sometime.
>>63987936
She really should have been brought back for the prequels
>>63987401
>tfw you have that boxset
When the fuck is Disney going to release the theatrical version of the original trilogy on blu ray?
It's been two fucking years and the demand is high.
>>63988002
>Well, if there was a point to look at that signalled the "beginning of the end", this trailer for the last release of the original Star Wars Trilogy is it. It was digitally remastered in THX, and it's a promo at the beginning of the VHS tapes and Laserdiscs, that plainly states that this is the last chance to get the original films we all know and love. Before the Dark Times. Before the (un)special editions. Before the prequels. It does a good job of capturing the heart of how so many of us used to feel while experiencing it.
That last sentence. Video description hits the nail on the fucking head.
>>63987401
that's what i saw originally.
>>63987900
holy shit, this takes me back
>>63988069
>tfw you own the superior unaltered boxset
Fuck widescreen, these coverarts are the GOAT.
>original logo for Star Wars '77
>>63988132
Lucas used the original print to chop and screw the remastered editions
There is no original anymore.
>Originals
There was a set before those. Had them as a kid. The covers were just the drawn movie posters. Released by CBS video.
I had these when I was a kid :')
I remember popping them in the vcr when I was home sick from school
they're probably still in my parents' basement somewhere
I remember I was so jealous of my cousin because he had the 1997 editions where the little frog thing eats the other little lizard in ROTJ
>>63988132
The physical distribution rights are fucked. 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the original film for eternity and the rights to the other 5 films until 2020.
We're not getting a blu ray release of the theatrical editions anytime soon, if ever. I'm sure it's a huge priority, though, because Disney just made a shitton on a great movie that was basically OT pandering.
>>63988208
True OG detected.
>>63987401
Goddamn, that takes me back. I got those for my birthday that year. It's at my dad's house somewhere now. I really need to get those before they get accidentally thrown away or something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAM8eDtN3mY
...one last time
>>63987900
>>63987401
My dad had them saved to VHS before these came out. Is it even possible to buy this version anymore?
>>63988233
Here
>>63988208
Was the set I owned, in a box set, but there was also a fourth video that was a documentary on the series. Star Wars To Jedi, I think it was called.
>>63988208
I love ESB's posters so much
>>63987936
I didn't know that she explicitly worked on that scene. Wasn't the original movie like 4 fucking hours or something?
>>63988208
Damn anon, I am mirin' in spite of myself.
https://youtu.be/dHfLX_TMduY
I love the return of the Jedi font how the J hangs down so low
>>63987401
Mom bought me this set at a garage sale for probably 5 bucks or less in the early 2000s. I didn't even know what the special editions were but this got me DEEP into Star Wars.
Mother will never know how grateful I am she got me the originals and not the special editions to grow up with.
>>63988224
I don't even care about him making the prequels but doing that to the originals is a fucking crime, that shit should be in the Library of Congress or something.
>>63988224
Isn't it at least possible to edit out the garbage he added?
That whole scene with Jabba in the first movie remaster was just dreadful
>>63987401
Why put a stormtrooper on the ESB cover and Yoda on ROTJ? Put Yoda on ESB and The Emperor on ROTJ. Makes no sense.
>>63988371
>>63988394
honestly what is George's problem
is it actuallyautism?
>>63988394
I think so. The only thing you couldn't fix would be Greedo shooting first. As far as a recall, everything else in the new movies are just newly added scenes and some nice cleaning up of some of the special effects which should be left in.
>>63988436
good points, but I suppose they wanted Hoth in the foreground and they thought Yoda would conflict as a backdrop.
I like the stormtrooper personally, I've always thought they were a great design
as for ROTJ, I guess they decided Yoda was more iconic than Sheev
>>63988460
They CGed some crap into the 'Look sir, droids!' scene.
My dad sold my original trilogy copies in a garage sale, fucking prick.
>>63988499
isn't the dewback added? are there any dewbacks in the original versions?
>>63988542
yes, but they don't really move very much
Honestly, I like the first remastered edition they made and if you watch on VHS on a nice older television set, it still looks pretty good.
>>63988450
Spending the last 40 years of his life getting his asshole licked clean by absolutely everyone around him convinced him that he was never wrong. It wasn't until the internet (and social networks) becoming widespread that he realized that a great deal of his fans haven't liked his output since the 80s. I think that's why he finally washed his hands of it, and took one last payday to sell off Lucasfilm.
>>63988450
I assumed it was mental degeneration as a result of contracting syphilis. Just a guess.
>>63988460
I swear every edit besides the Death Star battle was fucking pointless and ruined the fucking movie.
>mfw that most recent release of ROTJ where Lucas made Vader yell out "NOOOOOO" when grabbing the Emperor
I feel like he's aware of this shit and just does it to piss off people because no one wants to watch any of the garbage he made after Star Wars
>>63988542
There are, but they're big static "puppets". It's one of a very few things I think the special editions actually improved.
>>63987401
>>63988208
I can understand nostalgia but people who act like the VHS versions are definitive in any way are laughable
>no widescreen
cool movie lameasses
>>63988248
>great movie
>>63988344
We don't deserve a man as good as Harmy. God bless his 'tism.
>>63987401
My best friend had those.
I have the DSE for my OT viewing needs.
>>63988208
They must have fucking awful quality.
>>63988450
>Original trilogy is a collaborative effort, George's bad ideas are kept in check by producers and co-writers
>But the original creative spark is George's, so he's convinced that it was all his idea
>People shill George as the sole creator of Star Wars, and since Lucasfilm is his company, he does all he can to build up that image
>Prequels get made
>Producers are all a bunch of sycophants who kiss his ass, George is the sole creative vision
>movies suck, and people don't like them, are very vocal about it
>George is mad that people don't like the movies that were all him and like the ones that were collaborative
>Does all he can to make the movies people liked his own as to preserve HIS "legacy"
I'm sure the fact that he's sterile and all his adopted children are fat trust fund babies probably contributed to his obsession over his legacy
>>63988676
>teen detected
>>63988676
OP boxset is in widescreen
>>63987531
Get the fuck outta here you little dicksucker
>>63988751
>sterile
I think he had a biological child with his current wife. Which is kind of weird given his age but to each his own I guess. Can you imagine George being your dad...?
>>63988652
>mfw that most recent release of ROTJ where Lucas made Vader yell out "NOOOOOO" when grabbing the Emperor
I'm a little easier on the additions than most. I don't mind stuff like Ewoks blinking, or the full body shot of the Wampa, for example. Vader yelling at the end of Jedi, however, deeply offends me. It completely blows the tone and emotion of the scene.
>>63988344
Did he ever make these for Empire and Jedi?
I'm kind of tempted to get a blank blu ray disk to put it on there.
>Surely you must realize, you are doomed!
>watching 2.35:1 movies pan&scan'd to 1.33:1
>not watching them on glorious widescreen laserdiscor despecialized
>>63988272
>No CGI anywhere
This must be what heaven is like
I used to watch the OT Star Wars with my grandfather -- who had taped them.
Good times back then.
>>63988717
>tfw Harmy saved Star Wars and got so much recognition that he got a job with a film company restoring old films for Blu ray
dude is a fucking champ and I wish him all the best
>>63988808
I actually love that Wampa scene remake, it looks a lot spookier and actually all fits in well with the scene.
Why the fuck couldn't Lucas do more cool edits like that instead of garbage like that yell?
>>63988808
adding Hayden to ROTJ is pretty crazy also
I can't believe that hayden and whatever small crew that was necessary to film that little bit part all knew what they were doing and just went along with it. I wonder what would have happened if Hayden spoke up about how silly it was?
>>63988824
yes
>>63988829
I have them, my dad gave them to me. Only have 2 now, since I stepped on ANH and broke the tape.
>>63988924
I'm pretty sure Hayden says that scene was made entirely from stock footage and he had no idea it was even done until the DVD came out and he started getting hate mail about it
might just be backpedaling to save his own ass, but knowing George, I believe it
>>63988824
Take the adventure home!
Get em before they're gone!
http://youtu.be/zEvZ-rKdYQY
>>63988929
Neat, guess I've got a project for next week.
>>63987900
They came out on DVD though.
>>63988829
This Christmas is shit
Anyone else have TPM on VHS? The theatrical version, before George made the podrace even longer and more unbearable?
I grew up with the OT:SE, but when I got TPM on DVD and realized it had been changed, my world was rocked. I got a little taste of what it must have been like for you olderfags.
>>63988975
>almost 2016
>still no 2.0 of Jedi
>>63989021
I wasn't aware that he did that. Though, come to think of it, I don't think I've ever actually owned TPM.
I just realized I have these. So are these the OT without any of lucas's extra shit added in? Theatrical versions?
>>63989059
Yes, the podrace on the DVD is nearly twice as long as the theatrical & VHS releases, and I think he fucked with it even more for the bluray.
>>63988999
Yes, but onlyafter years of pleading from the fans.
Also, they're in non-anamorphic widescreen, meaning they put it in a 4:3 picture and zoomed it out to keep the ratio intact, despite the fact that DVD could handle 16:9 easily. Plus the image has been hideously digitally filtered, leading to awful smearing on motion.
>>63987547
I think these are Pan & Scan. The Special Edition has a widescreen & fullscreen release. You should probably get the Laser Discs or 2006 DVD though.
>>63989107
Anyone who cares has already seen it, and predicted it months before. You're a little late, brah.
>>63987466
"Show me on the doll where the man touched you in the video game aisle."
>>63989134
They were sourced from the same digital masters as the laserdisc was I know but it's still better than vhs tapes and the vhs tapes are still not the "last time".
I still have this VHS version of Empire. Haven't watched it in so long
>>63989039
http://pastebin.com/YUp3NHZ9
ROTJ 2.0 Workprint
>>63989039
Hamy said he was going to realize one more version of ANH and Empire, too release the 3.0 of the three at the same time.
>>63987547
IDK. The way they put the despecialized together is kind of sad. Its a monstrosity of a bunch of different versions. I'd rather just watch the VHS.
>>63989199
>PartsFUCK, FUCK, FUCK.
>>63989213
Is he doing Mike Verta tier color correction?
>>63989261
Jdownloader brah. If not, Mega isn't too intrusive
>>63987531
1994 represent nigga
grew up on the originals as well
>>63988999
Does anyone remember the StarWars.com promo that was at the beginning of the Special Edition VHS tapes? It included footage from The Phantom Menace and the music was Duel of the Fates. I haven't seen it in years but can't find it online and thought it was really cool.
>>63989321
didn't mean to quote that post, sorry
>>63988776
>>63988676
> go home for thanksgiving
> find my old tapes
> forgot they were pan and sca full screen
Bah. That was before I was a geek about making sure we got only widescreen even on vhs back then.
Of course a friend got me a slightly despecialized copy of the dvds from the 'bonus disc' of the dvds.
>>63987916
timestamp or stfu
>>63987900
There's still a generation that hasn't experienced star wars the way the first did. George, you evil man
Sadly I only had the SPESHUL VHS
I remember getting really confused at the beginning of every movie with the Episode IV shit when Star Wars came on. This was before Phantom Menace was announced. So to me I was like wtf is A New Hope????
Not as pretty as the VHS covers, but they all contain the original theatrical releases and Lucas' autismovision edits.
I have the VHS tapes but I know eventually they'll degrade.
It's like a beloved old grandpa I know will kick the bucket soon...
>>63988751
I can imagine him telling me Star Wars bedtime stories and I'd confront him on a contradiction and he'd strangle me where I lay
>>63988208
my nigga. those are the ones I used to always rent. But when I finnaly got vhs for Christmas it was the special editions
>>63987401
I'm holding this box set in my hand right now. I have a bookshelf full of VHS, I don't even own a vcr anymore.
>>63987531
>this guy is old enough to drink at a bar
>in ~9 days kids born in 1995 will be 21
>>63988224
If Harmy can make Despecialized editions out of various materials, so could professional editors with access to the masters of everything. Even if the original negative is too fucked up, surely they have some old inter-positives or prints to scan.
>>63989484
No, it was just a montage of scenes from the trilogy + The Phantom Menace over Duel of the Fates and ended with "STARWARS.COM"
>>63988751
Michael Jordan symdrome - become a god and destroy yourself with your own power.
What am I saying, they're both rich af and don't give a shit what the world thinks.
>>63990095
You can find some good deals at thrift stores. Gamble on condition, but you can eyeball it. I thought I fucked up mine and started looking for a new one, but I unjammed it and tried different tapes and it was working good.
>>63988963
>but knowing George, I believe it
This man is the biggest asshole in the industry. Just look at what happened Jake Lloyd
>>63987401
>suck one nerds
>>63987660
>no fuck the prequels, dont even bother
Fuck off back to Reddit.
I think I will make VHS copies of my copies of the original version 'bonus disc' DVDs and give them to a cousin.
>>63990327
> Lucasfilm Ltd issued these coins on a special showing on military bases overseas. Bob Iger even gave a quick 2 min thank you to everyone before teh movie played and said these coins are for you.
I dont even like star wars that much. Like its ok but ive never bought a game or a any of the merch. And then BAM get this shit for free which most star wars nerds can not just go buy. Probably one of the newest rare star wars collectibles out there.
>>63987401
I have had these for 20 years. Scared to play them in my dusty VCR because I remember when the VHS tape would get wound up in the machine every once in a while, sometimes so tight that you would have to cut the VHS tape to get it out of the machine
>>63990419
BRO old VHS tapes naturally decay. Dont matter if you are scared of your VHS player. Shit is gonna die due to the elements.
>>63988652
When was the NOOOO added? 1997?
>>63990337
you have to be one dumb cunt to like the prequels.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiM5zEEI_Jo
Lukes funeral for Vader is the definitive end to the Star Wars saga.
I still get manly tears from it to this day.
>TFA was shit
>>63990327
>>63990395
Cool a pawn shop might give you $25 for it 10 years from now
Why are you watching movies and not killing ISIS like my taxes are paying you to do
>>63990472
The Blu-rays.
>>63987401
My nugger.
>watching return of the jedi with spanish subtitles for some reason
>>63987401
i still have these
I bought them at Costco.
>>63987793
>not giving getting the point
ANH is about Darth Vader, the most evil villain in the galaxy.
Empire is about the fucking EMPIRE. Of course they'd use a soldier of the Empire on the cover.
Jedi is about the return of a Jedi and the training of Luke by yoda to fulfill his jedi master role.
Come the fuck on millenial.
Also is anyone pissed off that they've released star wars again ( I swear they put it on Blu Ray 2 years ago) and are charging an ungodly amount for the entire series.
>>63990395
how is this rare by any means u stupid fuck?
there are star wars games on PC floppy disk that are worth more than a stupid piece of metal.
games you have never even heard of.
games i bet you've never even played.
disembowel your pathetic self, you shill
>>63990214
>21
>Tfw didn't grow up in oppressive america.
>>63990761
Vader has 12 minutes of screen time in ANH
>>63989219
That was true for earlier DeEd releases up to SW 2.5.
ESB 2.0 started using 35mm for entire scenes, RotJ 2.0 workprint also uses 35mm sources for shots that were removed in the SE (such as the original concert at Jabba's palace).
And all 3.0 versions will stick with HD sources. No more SD sources such as the GOUT.
Also, you're forgetting than when Harmy started with his Partly-Despecialized and then Despecialized 1.0, there were no fanmade film transfers such as negativeone's projects, and Mverta's restoration still was incomplete. Now even fans have direct access to Technicolor and low-fade LPP prints to transfer to digital with professional hardware. Heck, it's not even limited to Star Wars, they even transfered an 35mm Technicolor print of Song of the South.
>>63989021
I have TPM on VHS, but I haven't watched it. What all is different?
>>63990877
And? The entire focus is on the idea of this samurai helmet wearing fuck trying to destroy/control the galaxy. He is the #1 villain of the film and antagonist.
Stop calling it A New Hope. Its Star Wars
>>63987531
1996 here, 90% of my childhood was VHS.
>>63991060
It's been A New Hope ever since 1979 or 1980, probably before you were born. Fuck off.
>>63989021
Last VHS our family ever bought. I watched it once before the DVD player took the throne atop our TV.
>>63991006
no Tarkin is in control and it's Luke's movie
I own the DVD set with the originals from the laserdisc transfer. Better than nothing, and I got it before it spiked to obscene prices.
>>63991246
>>63991246
Holy shit. I'm this faggot >>63989713
I've been watching them casually the last week, just checked on eBay. I didn't realize I had $150 sitting on my coffee table.
>>63991413
Mine are right beside me on the floor
Had no idea they were worth anythingI prefer the blu-rays
>Not just downloading the Despecialized editions without buying an official release
>>63987401
>Star Wars features prominent character Darth Vader
>Return of the Jedi features prominent character Yoda - prominent from another film
>The Empire Strikes Back features random mook
Fuck's sake.
>>63990761
Vader does absolutely nothing in A New Hope, but give a personification of the Empire, and a literally faceless enemy for Luke to hate and (sort of) best in the end.
Empire Strikes Back has more to do with Vader than the Empire, since that is when we actually get any exposition on him. Everything that makes Vader Vader in A New Hope was the Empire, so if anywhere, the Stormtrooper should go there.
But of course, Yoda has little to do with Return of the Jedi, so it makes more sense to put Vader on that, since he actually goes through something there, as opposed to Yoda, who did everything he does of note, in Empire.
>>63988208
Hey Anon, what's the opening crawl for Star Wars say? Does it include A New Hope? Because if so it's not unaltered.
>>63991413
yeah, best $15 I ever spent.
Crappy quality from the laser disc transfer, but man they are hard to find now.
>>63991508
They specifically used those characters so they wouldn't need to pay any actors for their likenesses.
>>63991460
I still have this, with original box and manual. Worth ~$100
The game sucks
>don't ever, EVER throw away Star Wars crap
>>63991551
You might as well be bitching that none of the home releases have Aunt Beru's original actress' voice. There were tons of changes made between theatrical releases and then the home versions.
>>63991531
So basically Vader should be on all 3 covers. Agreed.
>>63991559
That's actually pretty genius.
>>63991943
Well yeah, that too could work, but then it ruins the whole feel of the set.
That is, unless they just go with the original poster art, which technically had him on each of them anyway.
My uncle has the OT on laser disc. At least I remember he had them when I was a kid. He's kind of aspie so I'm sure he still has them around.
