Star Wars, VHS, Fullscreen, 20th Century-Fox Home Ent, USA 1995

These are called the "faces" releases, issued on both VHS and Laserdisc in North America, and the last time the original versions of the first trilogy was released on home video. All three movies could be bought separately or as a box set. The image is cropped "fullscreen", accompanied by English Hi-Fi Stereo audio. The audio mix does not contain C-3PO's "tractor beam" line. Though considered the pinnacle of image and audio quality at the time, the THX remasters have proved controversial in retrospect, as they introduced unwanted noise reduction artifacts on the image. When looking closely, smearing of details and ghostly trails when objects are in motion is apparent. At the beginning of the tape you'll find a minute-long promo for the THX remasters of the Star Wars trilogy "One last time", and part 1 of the 1995 George Lucas interview by Leonard Maltin.

Assorted screenshots:

20th Cent. Fox Home Ent. intro	Star Wars Trilogy promo	George Lucas Interview part 1	George Lucas Interview part 1
George Lucas Interview part 1	George Lucas Interview part 1	THX intro	Cropped fullscreen notice
Fox fanfare	Title card	Opening crawl	Star Destroyer
Droid spa	Cropped binoculars	Greedo subtitles	Ben's saber
S-foils in attack position	Death Star explosion	End credits	FBI warning