The history of Star Wars home media - The Collection Compass

George takes a look back on the history of Star Wars on film, vhs, laserdisc, dvd, and even some fan made releases! All this and more on The Collection Compass!
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8mm film: 1:28
betamax/vhs: 2:00
laserdisc: 3:11
the special editions/dvd: 3:46
disney plus/4k blu-ray: 4:40
2006 dvd: 5:47
how to watch unaltered Star Wars: 6:48
Harmy's Despecalized edition: 7:09
PROJECT 4K77 (the best one): 7:51

[@eastsideresident5814]

Enjoyed the video, recommend turning down the background music next time though bro

[@Nummer6]

Nice video, but a few errors need corrections:
Ken Films did release Super 8 digests with color and sound. They were a little bit longer than the b&w reel you're showing, but still abridged versions.
The very first LaserDiscs by Fox were pan-and-scan transfers as well! The CLV versions were even time-compressed to fit on one disc. These transfers were also used for the CED videodisc format by RCA.
The first CAV versions were still pan-and scan, but got rid of the time compression.
Widescreen versions followed later.
And the bonus DVDs with the original unaltered films did not come from the Japanese LaserDisc masters, but from the master Lucasfilm created for the Definitive Collection LaserDisc box set.
Thanks for the video!

[@LubbockBabesFan]

Thank you.

[@matthewgaudet4064]

there is a japan clv pan and scan 3 sides, no time compression.

[@LubbockBabesFan]

5:57 That box set came out in 2008 not 2006 the dvds that came in that set with that bonus disc first got released individually in 2006.

[@bpalpha]

There were several editions printed on laserdisc. I have a THX Laserdisc remaster that is still just the original cinema release.

[@chriswilson3613]

Correction empire came out in vhs in 1984 and Jedi 1986.

[@jameswyman5752]

Project 4k is the original the way they were originally presented. Despecialized is an upgraded picture.

[@bigrobotnewstoday1436]

There are a few other formats released. There is a format by RCA it's like a record and it's in a case. I forgot what that format is called.
There was another disc format by JVC only in Japan. I think these disc was half the size of laser disc.
And there is a VCD format. VCD is a video format that is on regular CD's. This release is the 1997.
The 1997 laserdisc and the 2004 DVD I think they cleaned up Jaba made him look better.
Then there is the cassette tape that come with a book and the take e reads the book to you. These books from what I remember are 24 pages and R2D2 makes his beeping noise this is too tell you to turn the page.
We loved those as kids they came out right around the time as the movie and if you did not have a VCR or a laserdisc it was the next best thing.
Those are on CZcams now if you want to check them out. There is Ewok version that tells the story of Return of the Jedi from the Ewok's point of view. I believe it has hand drawings. The other books use photos from the movie.
Also the only original version of Star Wars that is the theatrical version is on laserdisc you need to find the CBS/FOX release. But some are bad when Luke and Han get back to base if you see the camera panning up the guy doing the transfer messed up.
Then there is the HBO/FOX release that has the original theatrical release.
The final original release of Star Wars Empire Strikes Back there are no closed caption subtitles and about five seconds of footage is missing when Han kisses Leai.

[@Silverlink28]

Also, go further into detail why you don’t like the prequels.

[@krisskywalker34]

i took the star wars trilogy special edition and i put the deleted scenes in to them

[@Theninjagecko]

This guy is like the American version of Harvey Price.

[@matthewgaudet4064]

The THX releases are good.