Package photo front
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Package photo back
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This is a bootleg VideoCD release of the first Star Wars film. The image is cropped, and the original English audio is accompanied by burnt-in Chinese subtitles. As with many of the VideoCD bootlegs I've come across, these have the CeQuadrat logo at the start of each side.
These are ports of the 1995 THX Laserdisc releases from Hong Kong, complete with the THX Laserdisc intro. While the laserdiscs have the three-part George Lucas interview included, the Star Wars bootleg omits the first interview, while the Empire and Jedi bootlegs include their respective parts. (Though you do get the info screen telling you to check out the rest of the interview on the other releases.) The artwork on the case is applied as a sticker. Unfortunately the spine label has disappeared on my copy of Star Wars. I have never come across VideoCDs in this kind of packaging before. The case holds up to three discs and bears the SONY logo, but I suspect the Japanese electronics giant had nothing to do with these releases. The case bears a year 2000 patent, but the accompanying discs' files are dated 1999. The three VCDs in this series were kindly donated to me by a fellow Star Wars fan from Germany. Gerald found them in a local flea-market for 5 Euros and promptly sent them to me. Star Wars brings out the kindness of strangers.
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CeQuadrat logo
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No interview, but promo for parts 2 & 3
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THX Laserdisc logo
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Fox fanfare
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Title card
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Opening crawl (Cropped)
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Star Destroyer (Cropped)
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Cropped binoculars
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Greedo subtitles
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CeQuadrat logo (Beginning of side 2)
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Ben's saber
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End credits
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