Package photo front
Package photo back

Return of the Jedi, VCD, China, 1999

This is a bootleg VideoCD release of Return of the Jedi. 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 X-files trailer, the THX Laserdisc intro and part three 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.

Assorted screenshots:
CeQuadrat logo
20th. Century Fox Home Ent. logo
Fox Video logo
X-Files trailer
George Lucas Interview Pt. 3
George Lucas Interview Pt. 3
George Lucas Interview Pt. 3
THX Laserdisc intro
CBS-Fox Video logo
Title card
Opening crawl (Cropped)
Star Destroyer
Jabba subtitles
Obi Wan
CeQuadrat logo (Beginning of side 2)
Shuttle landing
Emperor's slug
Duel
Letterboxing before end credits
End credits (Letterboxed)