Package photo front
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Package photo back
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This is a bootleg VideoCD release of The Empire Strikes Back. 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 and part two of the 1995 George Lucas interview included. The artwork is applied as a sticker. The spine label was peeling off, so I had to glue it back on. I have never come across VCDs 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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George Lucas Interview Pt. 2
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George Lucas Interview Pt. 2
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George Lucas Interview Pt. 2
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THX Laserdisc intro
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CBS-Fox Video logo
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Title card
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Opening crawl (Cropped)
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Binoculars (Letterboxed)
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Cropped binoculars
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On Dagobah
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CeQuadrat logo (Beginning of side 2)
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Matte painting
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Duel
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Falcon dish in frame
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End credits
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