# How many copies of Star Wars do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643 "2013-01-28T19:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/1 "2013-01-28T19:52:20Z")
The thread about first DVDs, CDs etc. made me think of this. For the original trilogy, I have: 1. Copies I taped off of HBO (Or SHO etc.). 2. The Official original VHS Releases (where the boxes were basically the movie posters). 3. A Boxed VHS release that at the time was the only way to get them in Letter box 4. The Official VHS Re-Releases that came out just before the Special Editions. 5. Bootlegs of the Special Editions on DVD 6. Bootlegs of the unaltered movies on DVD 7. The Official Special Edition DVD Release. 8. The Official Blu Ray Release. Anyone have ones I missed or other movies where you ended up buying copy after copy? ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/2 "2013-01-28T19:54:55Z")
I DVR’d Clone Wars… Never bought a single copy of the movies, but I used to own a bunch of the novels. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/3 "2013-01-28T20:12:25Z")
Three - a pan & scan VHS version (which I keep only because it’s my only copy of the “original” versions of episodes 4-6), a widescreen VHS, and the first widescreen DVD version. I didn’t get the Blu-Ray because I think there was too much tinkering with this version. ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/4 "2013-01-28T20:12:40Z")
Did they ever make the original trilogy available on DVD? I would buy that one copy if it is available now. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/5 "2013-01-28T20:16:29Z")
After years of avoiding everything because they weren’t pure (or whatever) I finally bought the original trilogy on BD this Christmas, because it cost $5 through various promotions I had with Best Buy. I decided it doesn’t matter if I have some “fake” and “altered” versions of _Star Wars_. I wanted a nice copy of the movies, dammit! Also I’m a girl so I can have whatever version I want and still be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/6 "2013-01-28T20:20:53Z")
> [@awldune](#): > > Did they ever make the original trilogy available on DVD? I would buy that one copy if it is available now. [Yes, without all that special edition stuff, too.](http://www.amazon.com/Star-Trilogy-Widescreen-Theatrical-Edition/dp/B001EN71DG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1359404434&sr=8-1&keywords=star+wars+theatrical) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/7 "2013-01-28T20:50:32Z")
I have the original, unaltered, trilogy on VHS that I’ve seen several times since I got it in the early 90s. My wife also bought me the two trilogies on Blu Ray a little while ago after we got our player. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/8 "2013-01-28T21:24:13Z")
I have the original, unaltered versions on laserdisc. Nope, no ld player. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/9 "2013-01-28T21:25:04Z")
I’ve got two copies of the trilogy on VHS the trilogy on laserdisc and the trilogy on dvd (the 2006 one with the original cuts) ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/10 "2013-01-28T21:36:06Z")
Not a one. I had the VHS box set back in the day, and then I got the Laserdiscs. At some point I sold my LD player, and the discs went with it. All of this long before Lucas started screwing around with the movies. Now I’m stuck–the only way to get the real deal is the non-anamorphic widescreen that comes with that one box set. Dammit, George. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/11 "2013-01-28T21:55:44Z")
bootleg of the OOT OT Special Edition DVDs ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/12 "2013-01-28T21:57:40Z")
I think I may have had the original trilogy on VHS. If so I certainly didn’t get custody of it in the divorce. I did see the original broadcast of the Star Wars Holiday Special so extra points for me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/13 "2013-01-28T22:01:31Z")
Original trilogy: Three, I think. I might have a VHS set, I’m pretty sure I have the three on LaserDisc, and I have the original trilogy on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/14 "2013-01-28T22:15:01Z")
Just the DVDs. I’d spring for the Blu-Ray because the quality is usually worth it, but the number of changes deters me. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/15 "2013-01-28T22:23:30Z")
Zero. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/16 "2013-01-28T23:01:51Z")
One legal and one bootleg copy of _Phantom Menace_, the latter complete with Thai subtitles. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/17 "2013-01-28T23:44:21Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Zero. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/18 "2013-01-28T23:46:39Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I did see the original broadcast of the Star Wars Holiday Special You poor bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/19 "2013-01-28T23:52:06Z")
The original ROTJ on VHS and the augmented trilogy in a VHS boxset. They got a viewing of sorts recently when I figured it was somewhat strange that my daughter knew everything about Star Wars from Angry Birds. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/20 "2013-01-29T00:39:59Z")
I’ve got four copies of the original movie, I think. One original VHS. One VHS boxed trilogy, one DVD, and one I taped off TV. I have two or three copies of the others. (of the original trilogy. I think I have one copy of each of the “prequels”) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643.md?page=2)