star wars collected

In 1988 Return of the Jedi was issued along with its two prequels as part of the "CBS/Fox All Time Greats" collection. This was the first time the original trilogy had been issued at the same time and in matching packaging in the UK. The three tapes could also be bought as a set in a cardboard slipcase (See it here).

The film is in cropped "fullscreen" with original English Hi-Fi audio. Before the film there is a 5-minute musical montage of clips from other films in the "All Time Greats" line. The Huttese subtitles are rendered electronically, which looks cheap compared to the theatrical font.

Out of the four images included on the back, they managed to get three of them from the wrong film! Each sleeve lists the cast and crew on the inside, and this tape came with a small catalogue of other films in the "All Time Greats" lineup dated April/May/June. I can assume there were later catalogs included with later pressings. (I bought mine in July 1989). The catalog which came with Jedi had a corner cut off from the printers.

Unlike the first film which came in a white CBS/Fox branded case originally, I have only seen Empire and Jedi in the generic transparent case with the rounded spine, used for most CBS/Fox releases of the late eighties/early nineties. The price tag lists the price as GBP 14.99.

Price tag

Tape top

Sleeve inside

Booklet front

Assorted screenshots:

Tape replication date	Copyright info	CBS/Fox Video intro	All Time Greats montage

All Time Greats montage	All Time Greats montage	All Time Greats montage	All Time Greats montage

Fox fanfare	A long time ago...	Title card (Squeezed)	Opening crawl (Squeezed)

Star destroyer	Jedi rocks	Jabba subtitles	Obi Wan

Transfer stunt	Shuttle landing	Emperor's slug	Duel

Death Star explosion	End credits	End credits	Copyright info (reprise)