There are a lot of version of A New Hope, and of all the Star Wars films. They’re enumerated here. That’s not the point of this post. (Han did shoot first.) What’s interesting about all the different releases is the film had to conformed to the particular aspect ratio of a given format. Let’s take a look.
1982 LaserDisc crawl
1982 VHS (PAL) crawl
1982 VHS (NTSC) Opening Scene
1982 VHS (PAL) Opening Scene
1995 USA (VHS) Opening Scene
20th anniversary theatrical release
