A couple of things of note 1. The difference between the sliver and gold sets of the 1997 special edition is that the silver is widescreen and the gold is full screen. 2. Episode 3 was released on VHS in other countries. 3. That limited edition DVD of A New Hope with the bonus disc that has the original theatrical version was first released in 2006 individually along with Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi which they also had bonus discs. The one that you have is a 2008 re-release that was apart of an original trilogy box set with slim cases. They also re-released the DVDS of episodes 1, 2, and 3 in a prequel box set with slim cases at the same time in 2008.
You can get the VHS and DVD releases for super cheap now. It is probably the time to get into collecting if you have a working and good condition VCR. I have both the Gold and Silver, Silver is the standard Letterbox. There also was a limited set of those with a Jabba film cel which I don't have, i deliberately didn't buy that because I bought the laserdisc set.
At one point I had the CBS VHS's of the OG trilogy. Nice collection.
A couple of things of note
1. The difference between the sliver and gold sets of the 1997 special edition is that the silver is widescreen and the gold is full screen.
2. Episode 3 was released on VHS in other countries.
3. That limited edition DVD of A New Hope with the bonus disc that has the original theatrical version was first released in 2006 individually along with Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi which they also had bonus discs. The one that you have is a 2008 re-release that was apart of an original trilogy box set with slim cases. They also re-released the DVDS of episodes 1, 2, and 3 in a prequel box set with slim cases at the same time in 2008.
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You can get the VHS and DVD releases for super cheap now. It is probably the time to get into collecting if you have a working and good condition VCR. I have both the Gold and Silver, Silver is the standard Letterbox. There also was a limited set of those with a Jabba film cel which I don't have, i deliberately didn't buy that because I bought the laserdisc set.
One 1997 SE set was widescreen and the other pan and scan; silver was wide,i think.