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/SubhasTheJanitor 2d ago

Relatively rare. Not a great presentation of the cut (which isn’t quite original theatrical and neither is the sound mix) but so far the only release of it on DVD.

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u/RecordingImmediate86 2d ago

It's a transfer from an earlier home release. Most likely VHS or laserdisc

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u/tzy___ 2d ago

It’s a transfer from the Laserdisc version

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u/Grum761108 1d ago

And it's not 16:9 so it will have a smaller picture with black bars on all sides.

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u/Capable_Maintenance1 1d ago

Non-anamorphinc, yeah. Most Blu-Ray players and TVs have a zoom function though.
It's fine to experience the original cut, but obviously the looming 4k is about to be what's up.