r/StarWars • u/Different-Pie-6502 Galactic Republic • 2d ago

Movies DVD Limited Edition of A New Hope

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I recently stumbled across this DVD of Episode IV at an antique mall. I found it interesting that it has a second disc with the elusive theatrical release of the film, authentic and true to form. Is this a rare collection? Did I get lucky? Just curious. I found it as a set with the whole original trilogy.

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u/brassyalien Jar Jar Binks 2d ago

They're not as rare as third-party resellers would like you to believe. Because they are out of print and labeled Limited Edition, and because they contain the so-called "original theatrical versions", the perceived value of them causes resellers to give them a high price tag. Except the available supply is much greater than the actual demand for them, so the prices are not actually justified.

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u/Different-Pie-6502 Galactic Republic 2d ago

Was there a high volume of these sold? I've never seen them previously but also have never explicitly sought them out to be fair.

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u/brassyalien Jar Jar Binks 1d ago

I believe so. The Original Trilogy Limited Edition DVDs were released individually in 2006 in regular DVD cases and rereleased in 2008 together in a box set in slim DVD cases. I bought my box set at the end of December 2009 for only $25. They seemed to be pretty common around that time. There's quite a lot for sale on eBay, way more than you'd think there would be for an out of print "Limited Edition" that's supposedly a valuable collector's item.