Star Wars timeline
1982 - First rental release of Star Wars on VHS. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
1982 - First release of Star Wars on Laserdisc. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
1984 - First rental release of The Empire Strikes Back on VHS. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
First release of The Empire Strikes Back on Laserdisc. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
1986 - First rental release of Return of the Jedi on VHS. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
1988 - First home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Fullscreen Pan and Scan.
1989 - Second home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Fullscreen Pan and Scan. Films identical to 1988 versions. Changes to cover artwork.
Second release of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back on Laserdisc. Widescreen. Only avaliable as a box set.
1990 - First release of Return of the Jedi on Laserdisc. Widescreen.
1991 - Third home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Widescreen. Changes to cover artwork.
1993 - First release of the Star Wars Trilogy on Laserdisc. Widescreen. Nine-disc set included bonus interviews, trailers, documentaries. Cost $US250.
1994 - Fourth home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Fullscreen and widescreen. Digitally Remastered and THX sound. Changes to cover artwork.
1995 - Fifth home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Fullscreen and widescreen. Digitally Remastered and THX sound. Changes to cover artwork. Last time original trilogy is available on VHS.
Executor's box set (limited edition - only 20,000 produced worldwide) includes all three films in widescreen, digitally Remastered and THX sound, plus five hours of additional material:
1997 - Sixth home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Special Edition versions of the films. Fullscreen and widescreen. Digitally Remastered and THX sound. Changes to cover artwork. Available individually or in a box set.
1999 - First home video release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on VHS. Fullscreen and widescreen.
2000 - Seventh home video release of the Star Wars Trilogy on VHS. Special Edition versions of the films. Digitally Remastered and THX sound. Fullscreen and widescreen. Only available in a box set. This release dropped the "Special Edition" name, added Trilogy to the box set title and gave the films their full titles e.g. Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, to bring the films in line with the titles on the prequel trilogy.
2000 - Second home video release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace on VHS. Fullscreen and widescreen. Contains exclusive preview of Episode II.
2001 - First DVD release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Commentaries. Bonus disc includes interviews, trailers, documentaries.
2002 - First DVD release of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Commentaries. Bonus disc includes interviews, trailers, documentaries.
First home video release of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones on VHS. Widescreen.
2004 - First DVD release of Star Wars Trilogy. Special Edition versions of the films with additional changes (improved digital Jabba, new Emperor scene in The Empire Strikes Back, Hayden Christensen as Force ghost in Jedi). Commentaries. Bonus disc includes interviews, trailers, documentaries. Only available in a box set.
2005 - First DVD release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Commentaries. Bonus disc includes interviews, trailers, documentaries.
2006 - Second DVD release of Star Wars Trilogy. Special Edition versions of the films and original versions. The original versions of the films are sourced from 1993 Laserdisc masters. Available individually.
2008 - Third DVD release of the Original Trilogy. Box set only. No new material.
Second DVD release of the Prequel Trilogy. Box set only. No new material.
2011 - First Blu-ray release of the Original and Prequel trilogies. Available as Prequel set, Original set and Complete Saga set.
Αν νομίζετε ότι τελειώσαμε είστε γελασμένοι. Όταν βαρεθούν από τις αλλαγές φορμά και έχουμε φτάσει στο ολογραφικό Star Wars, ο Γιωργάκης σε ηλικία 854 χρονών ( μόνο ο Γιόντα και ο Μαθουσάλας έχουν ζήσει περισσότερο) θα βγάλει από το συρτάρι το σούπερ ντούπερ μυστικό πρότζεκτ που τόσο καιρό έλειπε ώστε να τελειοποιηθεί η saga:
''Τα 20 άγνωστα χρόνια του Darth Vader: Έρωτες και πάθη ενός μασκοφόρου χήρου''
Όπως γίνεται αντιληπτό, στα επόμενα επεισόδια ο Λουκ και η Λέϊα όταν θα βρεθούν στον συμβολαιογράφο για τα κληρονομικά, θα ανακαλύψουν ότι πρέπει να μοιραστούν τον γαλαξία με τα υπόλοιπα.....αδερφάκια τους. Δεν θα το συνεχίσω για να μην σας το χαλάσω, πάντως, θα σας δώσω ένα τελευταίο appetizer: