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The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition, DVD, Bootleg, China 2000
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This is a bootleg of the 1997 version of The Empire Strikes Back, most likely sourced from the 1997 US laserdisc of the special edition like all the other bootlegs from the early 2000s. (The VOB files are dated January 2000.)
The film is in non-anamporphic widescreen, with burnt-in Chinese subtitles at the bottom of the screen. Audio is English Dolby Digital (AC-3) only. The audio reads as Dolby Digital 5.1, but I can't confirm it is a bit-for-bit copy of the laserdisc's AC-3 track. The menu is a so-called "motion menu", where scenes from the film play in the background. There are three options, in Chinese only. I could find no "Play" option, but the first button leads you to the Chapter menu, where you can select Chapter 1. (The actual video file contains both a Dolby Digital and DTS trailer before the film, but selecting Chapter 1 bypasses all of that). The "DTS" button gives you two DTS trailers, and "AC-3" gives you a two-minute surround sound channel check. This bootleg shares the menu template of this bootleg, both from January 2000, but they are not identical. The video source appears to be the same, but there are minor differences in the general content. This version has a chapter menu, and the AC-3 channel check is different. |
Main menu
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Chapter menu
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DTS trailer 1
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"AC-3" surround channel check
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Dolby Digital trailer before the film
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DTS trailer before the film
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Fox fanfare
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A long time ago...
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Title card
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Opening crawl
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Binoculars
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I found them
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Binoculars
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On Dagobah
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Alert all commmands
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Matte painting Special Ed.
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Duel
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Falcon dish in frame
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End credits
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End credits
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