Star Wars 1995 VHS release Trailer
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2011
- I recently found the NON-REMASTERED 1995 STAR WARS release in a goodwill, so I decided to upload the trailer that came before the films. I thought people might like to see it :)
Thanks to Wesley Fenlon for linking to this :)
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0:54 "This will be your last chance to own the original version of Star Wars".
Well, fuck me. They already warned us back in '95.
he was not kiddin.
Yeah, he wasn't joking. I had no idea how true those words were back then. I mean we did end up getting those versions of the films as part of the 2006 releases even though they were transfers from laserdisc.
"this will be your last chance to own the original version of Star Wars"
little did anyone know...
Yup. Although they did release it on DVD in 2006, of course they cost like crazy these days. Waiting for the news that they will release it on bluray..
treebeard but the 2006 version wasn't formatted for widescreen TVs and was taken from a laserdisc master
ComputerGeek1100 Have you seen it on the 2006 dvd? I haven't but I imagine it's still a lot better quality than VHS and at least it is widescreen not fullscreen, which is what I have, 4:3 VHS. Not great.
ComputerGeek1100 I know, but widescreen anyway. Best that we have so far..
treebeard there's always Harmy's despecialized editions......
The fact that the "...One Last Time" lingers on screen for a bit is just so ominous, especially given the events of the last 26 years...
Yeah and the narrator makes it sound exciting as if he's rubbing into our heads that Lucas was about to change what we loved and keep it that way forever without any other say in the matter.
Aged like fine wine if I say so myself
That was only of the original theatrical release versions.
@@andrewscungio3200 that's what I'm referring to.
But they did release the originals unedited in 2004 DVDs
‘A New Hope’ had been retrospectively been named much earlier, but even in 1995 everyone, including this trailer was still calling it by its real name, Star Wars!
I remember this.
The original releases & the 1997 Special Edition boxes just referred to it as Star Wars (as it was simply known back in the 70s & 80s), but then when they released the middle/original trilogy to DVD in late 2004...
Then it said Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on the case.
Also, Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi were also labeled as Episodes V & VI on the DVD cases while they were just simply called The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi on the 90s VHS tapes.
I remember learning that when Star Wars first came out in 1977, the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope wasn't there in the title crawl yet & wouldn't be added in till after The Empire Strikes Back (which was labeled as Episode V) was released, so you could technically say I don't own any true original release of the original Star Wars in my collection.
I took some comparison photos of the 3 versions I have...
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Yes, but it does still say on the side of the 1995 VHS "A New Hope" just below the blue "Star Wars" logo.
Yes, when Star Wars (1977) was rereleased in theaters in 1981 the subtitle "Episode IV - A New Hope" was retroactively added to the opening crawl. Of course through the 90s everyone just called the first movie "Star Wars", I'd say by the prequel era (early 2000s) people started shorthandedly referring to it as "Episode IV" or "A New Hope" to specify which "Star Wars" movie they were referring to.
This is a stupid myth. It was only originally called that, because they never expected the movie to be successful enough to warrant a sequel, and it makes no sense to give it a sub-title when there's only one movie in the series. That's why there's two Death Stars. Blowing up the Death Star was supposed to happen at the end of the trilogy, but George could only really make the first third into a movie, so he moved up the grand finale into the end of Act 1 so he could film it, thinking he wouldn't get another chance to do it.
"One last time" Can't say we weren't warned. :(
@Revan Too bad the 2006 DVDs are almost unwatchable unless you watch them on an old box TV.
Samuel Black some TVs or players will automatically make the bars disappear. I know because I’ve got a PS4 that makes the bars on the side disappear.
@@Samuel-b it will look not fit the edges of the tv or it will look distorted, and you would have to zoom them in
@@Jared_Wignall this will not get rid of the motion smearing, aliasing, and faded colors
But no one believed them then. We just thought ‘Yeah right its just a marketing ploy, they’ll re-release the originals 5 years down the line when demand is higher.’ But they were telling the truth, they never did. Its slightly depressing to think that the Special Editions have now been in existence for longer than the original versions were in circulation.
They actually put the trailer at the beginning of each tape, so even though I wasn't born to see the trailer at first, it's still super nostalgic since I grew up watching this box set.
Me too! At 7 years old!
That's me as well. Born in '96. Although my first experience was the special edition unfortunately. Didn't find these tapes until I went to a Goodwill when I was in sixth or seventh grade probably. Already knew I wanted a non-special edition. Thankfully, if you know where to look, the series is much better preserved today than it was around 2010 with all of the old film print transfers people have done in the last decade (including a technicolor scan of the 1977 film).
Indeed they did I grew up with this trailer and I still get goosebumps watching it was one of my favorite Parts watching the movies was always watching this
1:07 "The Force is forever! For all generations!" Truer words were never spoken. The Force will be with you...always!
I didn't have enough midi chlorians. 😐
@@Jahn_Pah_JonzOT Fanatic.
When I think of Star Wars, I think of those tapes and this trailer.
Vader the White as do I.
Me to and sad it was true
You aren't alone
@@wyatt8740 same here
As do I
This was how I was introduced to Star Wars as a 4 or 5 year old. I’ll never forget watching these with my dad tape after tape. I was hooked from the beginning and now 17 years later I’m still a super fan. I can’t wait to show these tapes to my kids one day. I just hope they love it as much as I did.
You should see about transferring them to digital backups. Tapes wear down and fade, I’d hate for them to break down on you.
They should be, but I would probably show them a few movies around that timeline. First get them used to awful graphics LOL And then show them the originals. And Then show them the prequel Trilogy.
@@superscott9780 I’m actually considering doing “the machete” path wich is apparently 4 and 5 you get the big reveal that darth Vader is Luke’s father then you do a “flash back” and watch the prequels to understand Anakin’s story and his fall before going into the big final showdown in return of the Jedi to cap the series off with a bang and the happy ending it deserves
He warned us, it was our last time to own the original trilogy. However, for a limited time, they sold DVDs with both the updated versions and the originals in two-disc editions. I'll admit that I kind of want to see the 1997 editions released as well. I had seen and loved the originals, but when I saw the 1997 releases, I was actually excited about the changes. It was new and different.
This trailer was my first introduction to Star Wars as a kid
Me too.
Mesmerizing.
I still own this VHS, along with the Blu Rays
Brandon Jimkern Never getting rid of my tapes :)
+wyatt8740 me to I just found my copies at and a junk store for 17 dollars but my version is the widescreen edition but I am being very careful with them so they don't get runout and skip but I will probably let my friends who have never seen star wars use my vhs set
Watching my VHS copy of Empire Strikes Back right now!
You and me both
This was the first Star Wars set I owned as well! Bought it with my allowance. Then I donated them to the library after my grandma sent me the Special Edition trilogy for Xmas '97. Still have that, never upgraded to DVD or Blu-ray
I got Carrie Fisher to sign my old trilogy before she lassoes ❤️🙏🏼 R.I.P
I like how this was narrarated by Dark Wing Duck.
Also Hondo from Clone Wars
@@Peniche5 don't forget Cat from CatDog
Yep good old Jim Cummings
K.A.R.R. From Knight Rider
FastbackV8 no, KARR was voiced by Peter Cullen and Paul Frees
This was the best VHS release of the franchise. I loved the production values for the tapes
Even the 1997 theatrical and video rereleases still called it Star Wars on the poster and cover! I never heard anyone refer to as it A New Hope until some time in the early 2000s.
I just learned that Hondo Ohnaka is voiced by the same individual who speaks in this video. Jim Cummings has an epic voice in any accent.
I forgot how in the mid 90s, the first movie was simply thought of as “Star Wars” in the general public mind. It was really in 1999 with the arrival of The Phantom Menace that people started calling it “A New Hope”.
For everyone commenting that this was the last time seeing the original cuts released, look up Harmy's Despecialized Edition to get the original cuts in blu ray quality
Every time we put this on our VHS when I was a child, C-3PO and R2-D2’s escape pod would always scare the daylights out of us because we forgot to turn the volume down.
If you know where to look you'll be amazed by the effort some fans have made to keep the original unaltered trilogy alive.
I remember seeing this every time I played them on VHS as a kid. This trailer always got me pumped to watch the movies!
Very nice.
"For a whole new generation that will discover it for the very first time" That was literally me, the year after this came out I was six and I discovered how amazing Star Wars was
Still have them on VHS
Same here.
"The original star wars trilogy on video, one last time"
Lucas warned us.
Yes he did but maybe Kathleen Kennedy and Disney my realse the original cut one day
@@alexrivera2066 They won't.
@@user-xx6vy9ri8p sorry but I don't argue with you on that
@@alexrivera2066 She recently stated that releasing good quality digital versions of the original unaltered trilogy was "not currently a priority" for Disney.
20th Century Fox warned us. George Lucas had other plans.
One last time... Till the fans make the Despecialized Editions.
For those who remember. For those who will never forget. And for a whole new generation, who will experience it for the very first time: The Star Wars Trilogy.
Three timeless adventures that changed movie making forever. Now, the entire trilogy, digitally mastered in THX, for the ultimate in sound and picture quality.
This will be your last chance to own the original version of Star Wars: the George Lucas masterpiece that launched the Star Wars Trilogy.
The force is forever. For all generations.
The original Star Wars Trilogy on video
One. Last. Time.
Fun Fact: Jim Cummings who voices our favorite space pirate Hondo Ohnaka does the narration for this trailer.
and Winnie-the-Pooh
2005 sometime in June. The first time I saw this I knew I was in for a ride!
I still get the chills watching this
Interestingly, that video tape collection my parents got back in 1995 (which was 2 years before I was born) basically introduced me to Star Wars.
Amazing. Thanks for that.
Additional Trivia: The box this came in was designed by one Al Taylor, photographer and artist on multiple movie promotional materials.
That voice guy was everywhere back in those days
hahah ya
just found this box set at a thrift shop for a buck fifty. what a deal
You were ripped off...
Nice. In 1995 it was $50 for the box set.
"...One Last Time."
I had no idea how true those words were then. Come on Disney, I like the Special Editions but the option to purchase the unaltered trilogy should be available. You'll make back MORE than what you put in to transfer the prints to Blu-Ray.
Get Harmys Despecialized Editions. Its a flawless recreation of the OT but in Blu Ray quality. Or get the Silver Screen edition, which is a digital scan of an actual 35mm Star Wars filmreel. Both are available online to download, but you may have to dig a bit.
@@terragthegreat175
4K77 is better than Silver Screen
Just edit it yourself, its not like the whole movies were remade lol
@@aesir1ases64 Not possible without a high level of sources available for the un-edited footage. In either case there's no need to because Harmy's Despecialized and 4K77, 80, and 83 exist.
@@aesir1ases64 Actually, they essentially were. Everything is different. You'd need to replace the audio trackd, some music cues have changed, you'd have to color correct, some effects shots need replacing because they were ruined by Lowry's process (lightsabers), really they're kind of a mess. Like a once naturally beautiful woman ruined by plastic surgery, you can't just "go back".
I just remember this so well, because (even though I wasn't born before the 1970s and 1980s) I grew up watching the original trilogy on video, that is, until I got the 2004 special edition on DVD.
0:55 "This is your last chance to own the original version of Star Wars"... Dammm he was so right....... Now many people NEED to get the hands to unaltered version without CGI things.
Heck, my first experience of Star Wars was on a huge movie screen back in the 1970s. There was only one movie, called...drum roll..."Star Wars". No prequels, no sequels, no tv shows...
The projector was steam powered with coal-fired boilers and once in a while there'd be a boiler explosion and they'd have to shut the place down for a week or so. Those were the days. There were no smartphones, hack there were no cell phones except for those giant- ass things super- important businessmen owned. There was no internet, at least not for the general public at that point.
The smell of stale butter substitute still brings back fond memories...
These tapes were the first way I experienced the original trilogy, and will always be my preferred way of watching it.
We actually have the vhs of Star wars in my dad's basement he bought back in the 90s we still have it
20 Years Ago, this ad sparked my life. Why? Because this ad alone introduced me to the magic and fandom that is...Star Wars.
Thanks to this ad, the original trilogy alone sparked my imagination and fandom. Without this ad, I would not be the same person.
So I owe a great deal of thanks to not only George Lucas and the 1995 Original Trilogy VHS Box Set, but to the great Jim Cummings, who narrated this ad. His voice alone sold me on seeing Star Wars for the first time. As he says in the ad. "And for a whole new generation, who will experience it for the very first time."
Also, this ad got the tone and magic of the entire Star Wars Trilogy in under a minute and a half. That's incredible.
I still go back to this ad and get chills. Best Star Wars Ad Of All Time!!!!
"...One Last Time!"
BigJackFilms Bonus sounds like my experience... Beautiful
I still have The New Hope tape. The trailer ad and the Leonard Maltin interview with George Lucas is amazing. This is the film that introduced me to Star Wars, one of my favorite science fiction franchises of my lifetime. May the Force be with us.
When this VHS edition came out, I was in 5th grade and had just seen Star Wars for the first time about a year earlier. I got these tapes and watched one of the 3 movies every day after school for a year, then throughout the summer and the school year after that. I've estimated that I must have seen the entire trilogy over a hundred times largely due to that stretch of time.
They hyped it up with commercials showing the effects of the THX remaster vs earlier VHS editions, and it really did look amazing even on our crappy TVs back then.
These tapes also had a 3-part interview with George Lucas by Leonard Maltin before each movie. I haven't seen it very often on UA-cam or anywhere else since. It was really good, I'm surprised it seems to have been forgotten.
Seeing this trailer for the first time in probably 25+ years, I remember every bit of it like it was yesterday. It fills me with this feeling, of believing that I could really escape into an amazing, fantastic world, one with so much depth and life breathed into it. Those movies meant everything to me. I turn 40 in less than a week. Didn't expect to come across a video that could turn back the clock for me like that.
Now I'm dumb for getting rid of my Star Wars tapes on VHS. They weren't special editions that I got rid of the unaltered versions are the real deal.
I still own mine.
+Mike D I got my Nonna two of these (Empire and Jedi) @ a Goodwill!
you can always get it at places that sell used vhs tapes, or the GOUT dvds, which sometimes are found at places such as FYE, and Ebay
If you want to physically have them they are super cheap on ebay? If your talking nostalgia yea too late.
This is what got me into Star Wars. Got it for my Birthday in early 1996. Been a fan since!
We all should've headed Jim Cummings warning.
Ah man good times watching these tapes and always watching this promo before or after the movie.
1:06 I still get goosebumps when I hear that! THE FORCE IS FOREVER!
This is why I still keep a VCR around.
I remember this commercial.
After the "One last time" quote, I said "In two years, there will be the Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition."
My Dad got me the original Star Wars (Episode IV) for my 14th Birthday, so it was pretty cool to see what was different between it & the 1997 Special Edition & I did find some things interesting & then I got to take it further in 2004, when I got the DVD set.
In recent years, I was able to track down a 1995 VHS tape of Return of the Jedi at a toy show at the nearby American Legion & the guy only wanted $2.00 for it, so I said "What the hey?" & went for it back in late 2021 & then in Spring of last year (2023), my sister & I browsed around at this antique emporium in 1 of the malls & she spotted the 1995 VHS tape of The Empire Strikes Back, which was the only 1 I was missing & the $3.00 price was also enough for me to go for it as well.
So, now I have the 1995 VHS editions of the original releases, the 1997 Special Edition VHS set & the 2004 Special Edition DVD set.
Do I have a favorite version of the middle/original trilogy of those 3 versions?
No.
They all have their pros & they all have their cons + I enjoy them all equally the same.
Of course.
"One Last TIme" Prophetic words...
If I can recall, I first saw this on the Airheads VHS (that movie with Adam Sandler) when I was trying out one of the movies I got along with my VCR
Nostalgia overload. Thank you for archiving this.
As a kid, we only had a new hope in the house on VHS. Watching this trailer every time before rewatching it teased me so much about what other great star wars movies were out there
"The force is forever; for all generations"
Preach
In 1995 I asked for A New Hope on vhs for Christmas and this played before the interview with George Lucas. The best Christmas of my childhood.
Still have the originals set and this 90s set sealed. Im 20 atm, but when I have kids im cracking these bois open.
Have you heard of the Despecialized Editions?
For those wondering the background track is "Mars, bringer of war" by Gustav Holst.
no way! really?
Those who were not alive at this time - this commercial ran EVERY BREAK FOR MONTHS and the beginning of so may VHS tapes.
I still have this box set, it's one of my most beloved possessions
Two years later it got changed
One last time makes sense!!!!
Oh my lord… this brings back so many memories…
Of course the first thing I think is "Hey! That's Jim Cummings!"
I grew up watching this VHS version. I was 10 when they released the special editions in theaters and even then I thought they were dumb. Thankfully I’m not the only one who felt that way and the despecialized version and project 4K77/80/83 (and others) have become a thing. I would highly recommend looking into the latter if you want to see the films in their original theatrical glory. At least as close to the originals as you’re going to get today, anyway (they’re mostly scanned from original 35mm theatrical prints). George and the special editions can eat it.
21 years old, and this was the preview on my first copy of star wars...so much nostalgia T__T
Man...I just got hit by the Nostalagia Train...I love this..
Thanks for uploading this
😀I remember watching this one nonstop & LOVED it! Gosh it brings back some very special memories of my childhood. Nostalgia rules over me!
They were NOT kidding, they still will not re-release this cut.
"This will be your last chance ..."
Ominous prediction, there. Little did we know ....
This will be you last chance to own the original Star Wars trilogy. Can't say we were not warned
Except it wasn't. They released the laserdisc masters on DVD a decade later. It was the last time on VHS though.
I had this VHS trilogy back in 1995... great nostalgic memories
@Levi The Dog Yes... cuz 1995 comes before 2004, so I'd say that's a safe bet.
We were warned. Why didn't anybody do anything? How could we have let this happen? Why didn't we stop it?
at the time everyone thought that the prequels would be great. And that the only version of Star Wars that they had would be honored. Sadly i won't be able to show my kids the original version. WHY?
look up the Despecialized etitions
Matt Goodbaudy i tried finding them.
To no avail? I'd probably ask a friend or look elsewhere. I found mine on my bit torrent
Amaruq Ménard I have the VHS. But their quality is degrading rapidly
I had seen bits of the original trilogy from my dad's VHS tapes of Empire and Return, but that year my dad got the trilogy for Christmas and forever cemented my love of star wars. Far later on during the dvd transition era, I bought the wide-screen set on ebay and he loved it. Sad that the only for sale version of the original trilogy in recent memory was the laser disk version ported over to a DVD set bonus disc over a decade ago.
I can remember the release of The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition VHS back in the day. It must have been so fondly nostalgic🪐🪐🚀🚀🛸🛸
Not gonna lie, when Jim Cummings said "One. Last. Time " I got misty-eyed. Disney, please you can leave Star Wars alone just make theatrical Blu-ray discs that is all I ask! (Yes I downloaded project 4k77 and the despecialized trilogy, but I love physical media)
My parents got this version of the trilogy for me for my birthday back in 1996, but I wish they waited one more year until the special edition version came out.
They weren't kidding and we were warned
My family used to own this vhs collection. I would always quote the trailer by bit.
"The force is forever, for all generations..." 😖 oof, why does that hit me so hard?
I love Star Wars original trilogy
This was my first introduction to Star Wars no joke
I remember back in 2004 I rented "A New Hope" from Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton, CT. At the time, I was like a Star Wars addict.
I had the collectors edition box set signed by George Lucas and this trailer was on all of the cassettes
I Still Have a Set To Make Sure I Never Forget Real Star Wars 1977 to 1995
It's 2016 and there's still not a proper release for the unaltered original trilogy for bluray/dvd
+eddie szczender yeah, a shitty laser disc transfer that doesn't even fit the whole tv
I know what you mean. I own the 2006 DVDs that look like crap, and I'm thinking about getting the 1995 VHS's. We shouldn't be forced to watch the Special Editions because that's the version George Lucas wants us to see. We should be able to choose which version we want to see.
As some who for the most part likes the special editions I agree completely with you. The option SHOULD be there for people who want the original unaltered versions.
btw, I did some tinkering with those dvds and fit to standard widescreen and it looks fine if you ask me but the quality could be better. Is there a way to transfer vhs tapes to digital?
jerp pin look up harmys Despecialized
I thought those bonus discs looked okay when I got them, especially the first movie, but realized what everyone was complaining about when I got an HDTV four years later.
This is so nostalgic, I watched my my return of the Jedi and Empire strikes back VHS tapes so much that there’s like black lines over the movie.
@DarthMauldaLego You're welcome! :D
I had to buy a new capture card, my old one got sat on :P
But ty for watching!
0:09-1:11 it’s Jim Cummings as the narrator of advertising the Star Wars trilogy from 1995 of 📼 commercials and laserdisc.
Ironically, he would go on to play a contributing role in the Star Wars canon as the voice of Hondo Ohnaka.
Paul Giordano cut, he first appeared in the clone wars season 1.
@@nathancruz9172 "cut?"
So glad I managed to get all three original versions on DVD.
The best version of the films to date.
Can only hope that Disney takes on the task of remastering and rereleasing these in the future. I would be fighting for first in line!
After watching Clone Wars this trailer has a whole new meaning
There was a rerelease of the original versions on DVD with the special editions later on
I got this 1995 box set this weekend for a total of 90 cents. 20 years ago my Stepbrother got the 1997 boxset for Christmas. I'm glad I waited!
0:56 He wasn't kidding...
I can’t seem to recall the music playing at the beginning before it goes into the theme.
I still got these on VHS.
Wow, I remember the trailer narrator so vividly.
I own these VHS and I will hope when I have kids to pass this to them. My favorites movies ever in the pure form
Hell yes! I want my set to become our family heirloom. My kids will get it when I die and I sure hope they take good care of them so they can be handed down through the generations. These pure forms of these movies need to he preserved, as much as the mona lisa is.
I saw this at a thrift store one Tuesday and I grabbed it whiteout even thinking. Same with the 80's original release of Episode 5 as well since the copy we had at the time was worn out from being constantly played.
I remember this trailer and I always thought it was weird that the song they play at the beginning is from the Planets suite by Holst and not something from the Star Wars soundtrack.
Oh shit you're right. It's Mars: Bringer of War.
Bingo!
Well, seeing as though Williams was heavily influenced by Holst it might just be a sneaky homage
@@MichaelMarcotte It also may be a nod to the original teaser trailers to "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back". Both of the earliest teasers for each movie used Vivaldi's "Winter" as an underscore, so there's a tradition of using classical music in early "Star Wars" trailers.
I really wish George would let us see both versions, like just release both of them separately.