Star Wars, Laserdisc, Fox Video, Japan 1994

Part of the Star Wars Trilogy Definitive collection box set from Japan. The presentation and contents of this disc mirrors the US box set released the year before. Star Wars is presented in widescreen, with original English sound and Japanese subtitles. The audio mix does not contain C-3PO's "tractor beam" line. The films are spread across three discs, all in the CAV format, enabling flawless still frames and slow-motion advance. The end of side 5, and the entire side 6 contain the bonus material, including regular interviews and featurettes, as well as still-frame galleries. The supplemental material is not subtitled. This release marks the first time the Star Wars films were released with audio commentaries, although the comments are only intermittent. After the Fox Video intro, both Empire and Jedi start with the CBS/Fox Video Special Widescreen Edition intro. The first Star Wars does not have this intro at the start, obviously due to the distribution rights being different on that particular film in 1994. The jackets have a glossy finish, which makes them a pain to handle if you want to avoid fingerprints. The covers from this set are sadly very generic. Even though they were never meant for individual sale, the designers could have come up with something a little more enticing. Sometimes, boxsets are split up and the contents sold off separately, but I have never seen any of these discs being sold on their own, even on the second hand market.

Assorted screenshots:

Pioneer intro	Fox Video intro	THX Laserdisc intro	Fox fanfare
A long time ago...	Title card	Opening crawl	Star Destroyer
Droid spa	Binoculars	Greedo subtitles	Ben's saber
S-foils in attack position	Death Star explosion	End credits	End credits

Assorted screenshots (Supplemental material):

Supplemental Materials title screen	Trailers	Trailers	Trailers
War Stories Interview	War Stories Interview	Still frame gallery (Sample): Ralph McQuarrie	Still frame gallery (Sample): Ralph McQuarrie
Still frame gallery (Sample): Droids	Still frame gallery (Sample): Droids	Still frame gallery (Sample): Tatooine desert	Still frame gallery (Sample): Tatooine desert
Still frame gallery (Sample): Mos Eisley	Still frame gallery (Sample): Mos Eisley	Still frame gallery (Sample): Chewbacca	Still frame gallery (Sample): Chewbacca
Still frame gallery (Sample): The Death Star	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Death Star	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Millenium Falcon	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Millenium Falcon
Still frame gallery (Sample): Inside the Cantina	Still frame gallery (Sample): Inside the Cantina (SWHS!)	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Award Ceremony	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Award Ceremony
Still frame gallery (Sample): Spacecraft	Still frame gallery (Sample): Spacecraft	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Death Star	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Death Star
Still frame gallery (Sample): The Chess Game	Still frame gallery (Sample): The Chess Game	Still frame gallery (Sample): Behind the Music	Still frame gallery (Sample): Behind the Music
The Lucasfilm Archive Tour	The Lucasfilm Archive Tour	The Lucasfilm Archive Tour	The Lucasfilm Archive Tour
The Lucasfilm Archive Tour	Write to THX LD	Copyright notice	End of side 6