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Nostalgia

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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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The original was posted on /r/nostalgia by /u/Ipigs140 on 2024-05-04 15:53:59.

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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 28 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This was the last version without blinking Ewoks, or Greedo firing his blaster, if I recall correctly.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There were no other versions after this. There especially weren’t versions with a computer generated Jabba.

[–] finthechat@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I can't believe Star Wars ended after Return of the Jedi. George Lucas could have made a fortune if he'd produced a prequel trilogy, or a sequel trilogy, or made a lot of TV spinoffs.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Especially not that version.

[–] DuffmanOfTheCosmos@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually, the laser disc releases are the original cuts, and AFAIK are the highest definition versions available of the original trilogy that aren't altered.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

True. But those can't make a satisfying ka-thunk sound when rewound. So there's a tradeoff to consider.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Really? Damn, I saw these for sale recently. Might be worth picking up just for that novelty. Not that I have a VCR anymore.

[–] BlemboTheThird 5 points 1 year ago

Before the dark times. Before the remaster.

[–] DaveX64 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I had this set. They kept saying that that was the last release ever so you better get them.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

"One last time" Fuck thats an ancient memory right there.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Last release before they added all the ~~children~~ CGI stuff.

[–] Entropywins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I was a child when they released the special edition box set and I fucking loved em!!!

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

that was supposed to say cgi... stupid auto correct.

[–] RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Still have these in a box somewhere in my garage. I do not however have a VCR. I would be tempted to bust them out if it were not for the great fan made 4k original restorations out there.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

I received this for Xmas that year.

Separately, it should have been Vader, Yoda, Emperor.

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

These are the ones I grew up on. Had them until my garage burned down with all of our VHS inside of it sometime during the 00s.

[–] Assman@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Had it! Found it at a yard sale in the late 90s. Some poor bastard's mom sold em when he left for college. We wore the tapes out and then buried them in the back yard.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When slave Leia falls down the pit, her bewb pops out! You can see it if you frame-by-frame.

[–] Lorindol@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not Leia, it's the slave dance girl with the tentacles on her head.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Was it? It’s been so long since I’ve seen it hahaha

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ew, fullscreen! /s

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. Along with all my Godzilla tapes. I have digital copies of all of them now but looking at them makes me happy.

[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Nothing wrong with a little nostalgia