I still have mine I was born in 1995 and I think this box set it the first movie I ever saw it’s the oldest memories I have is this box set. Years later when my parents switched to DVD they gave a way all our VHS tapes but I saved this box set I have moved out now and still have it with me even though I haven’t seen a VHS player in years
@@Teenterror983 I had thse obes too but way long ago like but iv hsd these on DVD fir so long iim like thse are it intredti g to 2acth the fi,msconfig VHS though
Growing up with this box set, my life felt retconned when I re-watched this the other day and, to my surprise, heard "Hondo Ohnaka" narrating. It's nice to realize Jim Cummings went on to play a character in this franchise.
@@zanfear I dunno, man. I like the way the blades look here more than in the newer stuff too. Occasional flaws in the rotoscoping aside, the blades in the original versions of these films feel like they have more dimension to them. Certain shots where they're being held at a particular angle relative to the camera give them a slight "flat" look, like there's still a sharp blade shape being formed by the beam. The newer editions and the newer movies all make them look like a thicc stick made of light.
So did my Aunt and Uncle! We watched Star Wars with them and I was totally hooked as an eight-year old! They lent us the box set which we watched the hell out of at home, I think eventually we gave them back to my Aunt and Uncle and they sold them since they got rid of their VCR player.
Of course, the original Star Wars Trilogy was one of the biggest motion picture events in film history, a timeless classic filled to the brim with nostalgia!
This is one of the best things I've seen in a long time. I have this old box set sitting on my shelf - really have to get it transferred over to DVD. I know there are better quality versions (and mine are probably degraded because I've watched them a million times), but its about the whole experience of THESE versions that I watched as a child.
This was my introduction to Star Wars at five years old. I remember when my mom bought the VHS box set and my life hasn't been the same since. So nostalgic!
I remember getting my granddad to buy me A New Hope on VHS in 1996. It had this at the beginning and I remember him scoffing at the idea that this was the “last time” you’d be able to buy the originals. :(
@@jss12u1 yes, I remember the interviews being shown beforehand and we’d always skip those as well, like I just want to watch the damn movies for the 100th time already! 😂
You have my eternal gratitude for uploading this. I got this VHS set when I was ten, for Christmas. I don't even own a VHS player anymore, and the tapes are in a box somewhere. I wish those chickensh** bas***** at Disney would grow a pair, and release the original cuts digitally, or on Bluray or DVD.
Given what we've recently learned from Forbes, hard copies of the original cuts might be the only thing Disney can do with Star Wars that is sure to make a profit at this point. Putting them on Disney+ sure ain't gonna cut it.
No, it is the original version but remastered and probably the best looking quality ever. I transfered my copies to DVD-R being they are such great quality and the picture and sound is phenomenal. I hate the Special Editions. I was thinking about getting the Despecialized set, but I don't like paying for fan work. If they ever release them officially in the future, I will definitely get them. As of now, I'll stick to my DVD-R THX copies from 1995.
@@clamshell6863 you don’t pay for fan work as that’s against copyright law, Harmy said you must own a legal copy of the films to download the Despecialized Versions. Harmy’s work though is incredible.
So did they like sign a contract to where this would end up being the FINAL time they’d release the Original Star Wars Trilogy as it was or something? Inb4 someone mentions the 2006 DVDs, IMO those don’t count as they were ripped from a Laserdisc copy. But seriously, I wish we could get the unaltered versions in crystal clear high definition one day. Come on, give the fans what they want! I have this box set, and I used to spend many a weekend watching it over and over again at my grandmother’s house years ago. Heck, my first girlfriend and I had at least two dates where we sat down and watched these!
This was making a reference to the Star Wars Trilogy Special Special that would come out 2 years letter, hence the original trilogy one last time gimick.
When I finally get my 4k projector, first thing I'm watching is 4K77, 4K80 if it's hopefully finished by then and 4K83. I can't wait to see the way it was MEANT to be.
Looking back, they basically were saying "hey special editions are coming out next" last chance to own the original versions. Even though they were a bonus disc years later.
And even those were just cheap Laserdisc transfers from the 1993 home video release. They're not the worst way to watch the theatrical cuts, but they're still far from the best. And the theatrical versions definitely deserve a proper standalone DVD/Blu-Ray release. I don't know why George Lucas was so hellbent on sweeping the theatrical cuts under the rug. I can understand the Special Editions being his definitive vision of the Original Trilogy, but he could still give his fans the option to watch the movies without all that extra stuff.
I cut my Star Wars teeth on this version of the trilogy when I was twelve in 1996. Discovered the EU around this time too. Jim Hondo Ohnaka Cummings, is that you announcing that trailer? hehheh
No one cared at the time because DVD was still a couple of years away and as far as anyone was concerned then, there had already been dozens of VHS releases up to that point so it felt as though it would still be widely available for the foreseeable future. No one really had any thought that VHS and Laserdiscs would be dead formats in a few years time.
@@andrewburgemeister6684 If you notice in the actual "One Last Time..." Teaser that plays on each tape before the movie, it only says it's "The last chance to own the original version of Star Wars, The George Lucas masterpiece that launched the Star Wars Saga". This is because the early plans for the Special Edition only involved the first film. It was decided further on to do the entire trilogy.
I remember being so damn confused by what this meant. I was young, so I genuinely thought they were just straight up saying it would never be released again (in any form whatsoever).
Forgive me for asking but what software did you use to transfer one of the tapes into your computer to post it on RUclips? The reason I ask is because i have the unaltered trilogy on vhs and i would love to learn how to transfer my vhs tapes into the computer not to post on RUclips but so that when the tapes and/or VCR wears out and they will someday i can still watch them. I know it's a silly question and I would try the despecialized trilogy but that's illegal so if anyone can please tell me what software i can use
When I was 12, I thought this was my last chance to get the first 3 movies, period. Listening to this years later, its much clearer what they meant: that was the last time to buy the classics unaltered by special edition edits. I actually, don't mind the very first special edition from 1997. Most of the changes, (not all of them) enhanced the films significantly. George Lucas should have left the films alone after the first Special Edition edit. Later releases increasingly made more dubious alterations. George Lucas: I am altering the film, pray I do not alter it any further!
They werent kidding when they said this would be the last time they would sell the star wars trilogy original before the special edition where they changed too much of the original cut, its difficult to find the original without seeing the new version of it nowadays
@@KinstonCarsonThat's not the point. The unaltered Original Trilogy should be released in high definition and it's a crime against the original generation of fans such as myself who want to see the versions we grew up with as kids.
@@PiperSparkles Not exactly. The 2006 Limited Edition included the master from the 1993 Laserdisc. The trailer is from the THX revised release that came out in 1995.
@@erniemeyer1342 Which used the same video masters as the 1993 definitive collection box set. These were just the first individual releases of those transfers.
@@PiperSparkles I always thought the films were remastered one last time in 1995 before Lucas screwed them up two years later. I'm at least sure that the quality here in Germany was better than before but maybe I'm wrong here too.
“This will be your last chance to own the original version of *Star Wars*." (NOT!!) Disney is going to release (with the green light from 20th Century Fox) the unaltered versions of the original trilogy to heighten the anticipation for Episode VII #TheForceAwakens
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👍 if you have this set
d bermingham entertainment Yes
I wish. I only have Return of the Jedi.
I still have mine I was born in 1995 and I think this box set it the first movie I ever saw it’s the oldest memories I have is this box set. Years later when my parents switched to DVD they gave a way all our VHS tapes but I saved this box set I have moved out now and still have it with me even though I haven’t seen a VHS player in years
I have the uk version of it and it's the way I watch star wars
I do. It's before all the edits also. Which you can't find anywhere.
I grew up on this version, so this intro takes me back.
Same here. And it was before The Phantom Menace came out!
I’m with you too
I remember when my dad brought the box set home that year. We wore that set out over the years.
@@Teenterror983 I had thse obes too but way long ago like but iv hsd these on DVD fir so long iim like thse are it intredti g to 2acth the fi,msconfig VHS though
Me too.
Growing up with this box set, my life felt retconned when I re-watched this the other day and, to my surprise, heard "Hondo Ohnaka" narrating. It's nice to realize Jim Cummings went on to play a character in this franchise.
The good old days of the 90s. :)
Digitally Mastered in THX for the ultimate in sound and picture quality
And the sound quality in this trailer is still good!
Jim Cummings is the TV Narrator on VHS.
Awesome voice actor
The lightsaber blades look so much better than in dvd and blu ray versions.
It's funny. The cleaner they try to make the blades look, the more they get messed up.
I know I had this box set and I sware the part when luck says “never” and turns on his green light saber it looks so good
Which is why I always liked watching our VHS of empire strikes back *we only had ROTJ on VHS*
Lol come on, the lightsaber blades most definitely do not look better here in this video compared to the blu ray versions.
@@zanfear I dunno, man. I like the way the blades look here more than in the newer stuff too. Occasional flaws in the rotoscoping aside, the blades in the original versions of these films feel like they have more dimension to them. Certain shots where they're being held at a particular angle relative to the camera give them a slight "flat" look, like there's still a sharp blade shape being formed by the beam. The newer editions and the newer movies all make them look like a thicc stick made of light.
My aunt and uncle owned these back in the day. I used to stay over at their's and watch the whole trilogy with them on weekends. Good times...
So did my Aunt and Uncle!
We watched Star Wars with them and I was totally hooked as an eight-year old! They lent us the box set which we watched the hell out of at home, I think eventually we gave them back to my Aunt and Uncle and they sold them since they got rid of their VCR player.
this is my childhood love it
I will forever stand by the assertion that this is the best way to watch the original trilogy
I’m with you for the most part, but I’m a little biased towards my Betamax copies. I love em all tho
The Harmy versions are easy to find and are definitely superior to VHS.
“The force is forever.”
I still have this box set on VHS in my basement somewhere.
Matt Jindra My father still has this boxed set at his place, kept in good condition.
Its amazing how this old VHS trailer gives me more goosebumps than the prequels and new trilogy combined.
Of course, the original Star Wars Trilogy was one of the biggest motion picture events in film history, a timeless classic filled to the brim with nostalgia!
Whoever edited this promo is a master.
This is one of the best things I've seen in a long time. I have this old box set sitting on my shelf - really have to get it transferred over to DVD. I know there are better quality versions (and mine are probably degraded because I've watched them a million times), but its about the whole experience of THESE versions that I watched as a child.
I always loved they begin the promo with "Holst The Planets Mars".
It preludes into JW score so well!!!
This promo captures the childhood feelings of Star Wars.
This was my introduction to Star Wars at five years old. I remember when my mom bought the VHS box set and my life hasn't been the same since. So nostalgic!
Thanks mom and dad for buying the VHS tapes.
this makes me happy to see this
remembering watching as a youngling
I remember getting my granddad to buy me A New Hope on VHS in 1996. It had this at the beginning and I remember him scoffing at the idea that this was the “last time” you’d be able to buy the originals. :(
To be fair, they were released on DVD as a limited edition in 2006.
Wait....Jim Cummings?!
Winnie the Pooh presents The Star Wars Trilogy. One last time ....
Brian Massey What this epic trailer needs is an epic voice. And that person who has that epic voice is Jim Cummings.
And with that familiar voice I knew!
@josephzielinski8817 neat😂
made me cry
Still blown away this was narrated by the great Jim Cummings.
I would always watch this bit, then fast forward through the Leonard Maltin and George Lucas interviews
Right I wonder if those are on here
@@jss12u1 yes, I remember the interviews being shown beforehand and we’d always skip those as well, like I just want to watch the damn movies for the 100th time already! 😂
who knew that this would be the last time like fuck
It still hurts.
I mean they literally said it in the commercial.
@@yoblol Yes, and it still hurts.
Well not quite, there was a limited DVD set in 2006.
These are the versions of the trilogy I grew up with. They may be the most complete versions.
You have my eternal gratitude for uploading this. I got this VHS set when I was ten, for Christmas. I don't even own a VHS player anymore, and the tapes are in a box somewhere. I wish those chickensh** bas***** at Disney would grow a pair, and release the original cuts digitally, or on Bluray or DVD.
Given what we've recently learned from Forbes, hard copies of the original cuts might be the only thing Disney can do with Star Wars that is sure to make a profit at this point. Putting them on Disney+ sure ain't gonna cut it.
Hello, I’m Leonard Maltin.
I don’t understand , it’s like THIS was the Despesialized edition right before 97’ raped vers.
I grew up with this case btw 😌
No, it is the original version but remastered and probably the best looking quality ever. I transfered my copies to DVD-R being they are such great quality and the picture and sound is phenomenal. I hate the Special Editions. I was thinking about getting the Despecialized set, but I don't like paying for fan work. If they ever release them officially in the future, I will definitely get them. As of now, I'll stick to my DVD-R THX copies from 1995.
@@clamshell6863 you don’t pay for fan work as that’s against copyright law, Harmy said you must own a legal copy of the films to download the Despecialized Versions.
Harmy’s work though is incredible.
This was my introduction to Star Wars. My grandpa bought me the box set. I watched ROTJ so many times that the tape got worn out and broke.
been looking for this commercial, I was 15 then.
I was the same age. This promo brings back good memories from sophomore year.
Interestingly, I remember seeing this commercial on TV while watching Star TREK. 😂
We didnt listen!
i went to a retro game store a few weeks ago and looked at there vhs selection and they had this set for 6 dollars
d bermingham entertainment please tell me you bought it, even if you own it already
And now we have to live with special editions
@@samuel-wankenobi yea and we have another stupid tweek but it’s in A New Hope this time Greedo has a dialogue before he and Han shoot each other now
I got this set in widescreen when I was in 10th grade in 1995
Hey, kids! It's Hondo Ohnaka!
STAR WARS TRILOGY
ONE LAST TIME
I am a proud honor of them.
My dad bought this set in '96. I wore these tapes out.....my introduction to Star Wars
So did they like sign a contract to where this would end up being the FINAL time they’d release the Original Star Wars Trilogy as it was or something? Inb4 someone mentions the 2006 DVDs, IMO those don’t count as they were ripped from a Laserdisc copy. But seriously, I wish we could get the unaltered versions in crystal clear high definition one day. Come on, give the fans what they want! I have this box set, and I used to spend many a weekend watching it over and over again at my grandmother’s house years ago. Heck, my first girlfriend and I had at least two dates where we sat down and watched these!
Yes! This is incredibly nostalgic, I’ve been looking for it for years. Haha!
laserdisc. it is your friend.
1:03 The Force is forever!
Unfortunately no. After Disney and Kathleen Kennedy got hold of Star Wars the motto became "The Force is Female".
How I got introduced to Star Wars as a kid
Watched this promo countless times!
This was making a reference to the Star Wars Trilogy Special Special that would come out 2 years letter, hence the original trilogy one last time gimick.
I remember being scared by this as a kid because I legitimately thought they were going to stop selling the Star Wars movies forever
This just unlocked a memory archive thanks
Hey that’s Hondo!
Same voice actor.
The original unaltered trilogy. Wish I would have been alive to see it in theaters. At least I have 4K77 and 4K83 :)
When I finally get my 4k projector, first thing I'm watching is 4K77, 4K80 if it's hopefully finished by then and 4K83. I can't wait to see the way it was MEANT to be.
Looking back, they basically were saying "hey special editions are coming out next" last chance to own the original versions. Even though they were a bonus disc years later.
And even those were just cheap Laserdisc transfers from the 1993 home video release. They're not the worst way to watch the theatrical cuts, but they're still far from the best. And the theatrical versions definitely deserve a proper standalone DVD/Blu-Ray release. I don't know why George Lucas was so hellbent on sweeping the theatrical cuts under the rug. I can understand the Special Editions being his definitive vision of the Original Trilogy, but he could still give his fans the option to watch the movies without all that extra stuff.
And it really was the last time. Why can't we have these back....why.
Ooohhhh this takes me back....
I cut my Star Wars teeth on this version of the trilogy when I was twelve in 1996. Discovered the EU around this time too. Jim Hondo Ohnaka Cummings, is that you announcing that trailer? hehheh
Little did we know what Lucas meant when this said "One Last Time."
No one cared at the time because DVD was still a couple of years away and as far as anyone was concerned then, there had already been dozens of VHS releases up to that point so it felt as though it would still be widely available for the foreseeable future. No one really had any thought that VHS and Laserdiscs would be dead formats in a few years time.
@@PiperSparkles was there any talk though on the Special Editions and what they’d entail?
Man, if only people in 1995 knew what Lucas would do…
@@andrewburgemeister6684 If you notice in the actual "One Last Time..." Teaser that plays on each tape before the movie, it only says it's "The last chance to own the original version of Star Wars, The George Lucas masterpiece that launched the Star Wars Saga". This is because the early plans for the Special Edition only involved the first film. It was decided further on to do the entire trilogy.
@@PiperSparkles oh well, at least Harmy and Project 4K are doing and have done amazing work to bring back the originals in a high definition format!
So can't wait for #Disney to release these on Blu-Ray!!
+jayzx100 Frozen And 20th Century-Fox, too.
Naminski Nguyen I know. Disney is basically partners with 20th Century Fox when it comes to Star Wars.
McFrozenNuggets fuck Disney, I prefer the despecialized versions and this THX VHS set over any of the later VHS’s DVDs and Blurays..
Jim Cummings voice on this trailer sort of reminds me Don La Fontaine
Wish I could find a good deal on the first 6 movies . Had 3 vhs and 3 DVDs. But they disappeared.😞
I was hoping this commercial would actually show the box of tapes.
check out thrift stores they might be there but they get thrown away these days... keep your video cassettes!
This is the promo that played at the beginning of every tape. It's not the tv spots
I remember being so damn confused by what this meant. I was young, so I genuinely thought they were just straight up saying it would never be released again (in any form whatsoever).
I remember that part.
These were the ones that I have. Along with the VHS tapes of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.
Forgive me for asking but what software did you use to transfer one of the tapes into your computer to post it on RUclips? The reason I ask is because i have the unaltered trilogy on vhs and i would love to learn how to transfer my vhs tapes into the computer not to post on RUclips but so that when the tapes and/or VCR wears out and they will someday i can still watch them. I know it's a silly question and I would try the despecialized trilogy but that's illegal so if anyone can please tell me what software i can use
I was disappointed that I didn't buy the wide screen VHS version. I didn't know it was available until it was too late.
Ahhhh. back when Star Wars lore was believed to not be as big as it is now.
These are the ONLY versions of the movies that matter.
Insane to think there's another Star Wars on the way :D #cantwait #onemoretrilogy #welcomeback
When I was 12, I thought this was my last chance to get the first 3 movies, period. Listening to this years later, its much clearer what they meant: that was the last time to buy the classics unaltered by special edition edits. I actually, don't mind the very first special edition from 1997. Most of the changes, (not all of them) enhanced the films significantly. George Lucas should have left the films alone after the first Special Edition edit. Later releases increasingly made more dubious alterations.
George Lucas: I am altering the film, pray I do not alter it any further!
agreed these were the last originals before digital remastering and the theatre re-releases......
i had this VHS set, i also have the laserdiscs
They werent kidding when they said this would be the last time they would sell the star wars trilogy original before the special edition where they changed too much of the original cut, its difficult to find the original without seeing the new version of it nowadays
Just because dislike sci-fi it do not mean it bad
@@KinstonCarsonThat's not the point. The unaltered Original Trilogy should be released in high definition and it's a crime against the original generation of fans such as myself who want to see the versions we grew up with as kids.
I have these!
Well shit they weren't kidding.
0:04-0:17 Holst's Mars: Bringer of War, right before the main theme.
DO NOT DONATE YOUR VHS TO GOODWILL OR THE SALVATION ARMY OR THEY WILL BE THROWN AWAY KEEP THEM AND USE THEM!
That's a lie. I got this exact VHS set from Goodwill. You sir are giving out bad information.
Come on George release this version of star Wars trilogy digital clean it and clean sound to 9:1 surround sound on ultra 4k blu ray
ONE LAST TIME (before they bastardized the shit out of it).
7force that is exactly what they meant by one last time we all should have known huh. LOL
Own by THX
soundtrack at 1:30?
+Shane The squid films The Sound of Silence
***** Oh thats not what I meant LOL
***** I meant 0:30
Shane The squid films The Battle for Endor 1
***** Ok
Now who is the announcer?
Jim Cummings.
Not the original it’s the 1981 release of a new hope not the 77
"One last time..." and prequels came (i love prequels)
1:31 Got Milk?
Hi Jim Cummings
one last time, but 11 years later the GOUT dvd was released and in inferior quality
Inferior quality by 2006 yes but it was exactly the same source as what was used here.
@@PiperSparkles that's what I meant
@@PiperSparkles Not exactly. The 2006 Limited Edition included the master from the 1993 Laserdisc. The trailer is from the THX revised release that came out in 1995.
@@erniemeyer1342 Which used the same video masters as the 1993 definitive collection box set. These were just the first individual releases of those transfers.
@@PiperSparkles I always thought the films were remastered one last time in 1995 before Lucas screwed them up two years later.
I'm at least sure that the quality here in Germany was better than before but maybe I'm wrong here too.
It wasn’t a bluff.
“This will be your last chance to own the original version of *Star Wars*." (NOT!!) Disney is going to release (with the green light from 20th Century Fox) the unaltered versions of the original trilogy to heighten the anticipation for Episode VII #TheForceAwakens
Source?
Nicolas Cuenca Possibly Amazon or eBay.
Did they?
...aaand this never happened.
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