Star Wars: Episode IV

Special Collection 1994 Definitive Collection 1995 Definitive Collection

Catalog Number SF148-1196

Format Standard Play CAV

Japanese Subtitles

Running Time 121 minutes

Side Chapters Frames Running Time

1 3 39,141 27min 10sec

2 3 31,847 22min 06sec

3 5 32,205 22min 21sec

4 4 36,478 25min 19sec

5 3 35,757 24min 49sec

18 175,428 121min 49sec

Pressing Location LaserDisc Corporation - Japan

Retail Price ¥14,800

Issued December 25, 1986

Dolby Surround

Front Back

Written and Directed by George Lucas

Produced by Gary Kurtz

Music by John Williams

Starring Mark Hamill
Harrison Ford
Carrie Fisher
Peter Cushing

and Alec Guinness

The very first widescreen transfer of "Star Wars" on video at all came in the form of this Standard Play (CAV) "Special Collection" edition from Fox in Japan. Using the same print master as the previous editions (the same print flaws are present), the 2.39:1 image is shifted up on the screen to make room for the subtitles at the bottom. No supplements but how cool was it to have a widescreen version in standard play? Those Japanese got all the good stuff.

The artwork is the same on the back as all previous editions, and the front is essentially the same except reduced to produce a white border. Each disc is stored in it's own custom sleeve which lists the chapter stops for that disc.

Written and Directed by	George Lucas
Produced by	Gary Kurtz
Music by	John Williams
Starring	Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher Peter Cushing
and	Alec Guinness
The very first widescreen transfer of "Star Wars" on video at all came in the form of this Standard Play (CAV) "Special Collection" edition from Fox in Japan. Using the same print master as the previous editions (the same print flaws are present), the 2.39:1 image is shifted up on the screen to make room for the subtitles at the bottom. No supplements but how cool was it to have a widescreen version in standard play? Those Japanese got all the good stuff. The artwork is the same on the back as all previous editions, and the front is essentially the same except reduced to produce a white border. Each disc is stored in it's own custom sleeve which lists the chapter stops for that disc.