# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/41 "2013-01-30T03:11:59Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Funny, but when the movie came out in 1977, I was so impressed that I watched it 19 times. I counted. But I’ve never felt the urge to see it again since then or own a copy. And I think I’ve seen subsequent installments only once. I must have worked it out of my system. Okay, I _did_ see the remastered version 10 or 15 years ago, but even then it was only once. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/42 "2013-01-30T03:20:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Funny, but when the movie came out in 1977, I was so impressed that I watched it 19 times. I counted. But I’ve never felt the urge to see it again since then or own a copy. And I think I’ve seen subsequent installments only once. I must have worked it out of my system. Also, I’m guessing there haven’t been any other movies since then that you’ve paid to see that many times. I only saw it three or four times, and I was considered quite the freak in my circle of friends. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/43 "2013-01-30T04:05:32Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Also, I’m guessing there haven’t been any other movies since then that you’ve paid to see that many times. I only saw it three or four times, and I was considered quite the freak in my circle of friends. It helped that it eventually went to the dollar theaters. I certainly didn’t pay full ticket price all 19 times. These days I’m not sure I’d even have the opportunity to do that, seeing as how quickly movies come and go, at least over here. I’ve seen some others that many times such as _Casablanca_, but only on TV or video. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/44 "2013-01-30T04:11:19Z")
None. I did see the first Star Wars in a theater when it came out. Well, not all of it. It was too loud, so I left. And unlike some of my friends, I still have good hearing, so maybe there’s a reason. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/45 "2013-01-30T04:12:23Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/46 "2013-01-30T05:20:08Z")
Let’s see… 1. Recently found a very old VHS box set 2. The 1995 “THX remastered” box set 3. Bootleg VHS copies of the Special Edition 4. DVD boxsets of all 6 ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/47 "2013-01-30T06:26:49Z")
1. pre-THX OOT pan-n-scan VHS Boxset 2. THX OOT VHS’s in widescreen 3. OT Special Edition VHS Boxset in widescreen 4. OT Special Edition VHS Boxset in pan-n-scan 5. TPM widescreen VHS 6. OT Special Edition on VCD 7. TPM VCD 8. TPM PAL DVD 9. TPM NTSC DVD with uncut “Beginning” documentary 10. AOTC DVD 11. Bootlegs of the OOT on DVD 12. OT DVD Boxset 13. ROTS DVD 14. OT DVDs with OOT as special features 15. Saga Blu-ray Boxset 16. OT I recorded on Beta off TV in 1990 All told, it appears I have 10 copies of ANH alone. ---
**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 30, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/48 "2013-01-30T06:46:30Z")
I haven’t watched it yet, but I’ve also got the fan-edit “Despecialized Edition 2.0” of Episode IV. The Despecialized Editions attempt to recreate the original versions of the OT as closely as possible, by piecing together scenes from different sources–including HD sources like the Bluray SEs. It looks pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/49 "2013-01-30T15:19:45Z")
And now I’m hearing that _Star Wars_ is going to come out in cinemas yet again, this time in 3D? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/50 "2013-01-30T16:33:24Z")
Including the bootleg VHS tape I made back in 1983? Where Han shoots first? ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/51 "2013-01-30T20:49:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And now I’m hearing that _Star Wars_ is going to come out in cinemas yet again, this time in 3D? They re-released _The Phantom Menace_ in 3D last year; the plan was to re-release all six in 3D with episodes II and III seeing release later this year and episodes IV-VI following after that. Yesterday it was announced that plans for the 3D conversions (which were already well and truly underway) have been postponed in favour of focusing on _Episode VII_. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/52 "2013-01-31T21:40:00Z")
Darths and Droids was my first exposure, really, unless you count my Return of the Jedi comforter I had as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/53 "2013-01-31T21:58:11Z")
Let’s see… 1. VHS tapes that a friend recorded for me off of HBO in the mid-80s. 2. Official VHS tapes, from late 1980s 3. Remastered (pre-Special Edition) VHS from mid 1990s 4. Special Edition VHS 5. Special Edition DVD 6. “Original” (eg., “Han Shot First”) DVD, though only of Episode IV 7. Blu-Ray Good grief, that’s a lot of copies. ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/54 "2013-02-01T00:49:34Z")
Just thought I’d jump back in here and mention that I just found a old VHS copy of The Ewok Adventure…does that count too? (as well as a VHS copy of From Star Wars to Jedi that I bought because it had the original Jabba scene in Star Wars with the original stand in actor) ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643/55 "2013-02-01T05:11:29Z")
The LD boxset for the Special Edition release of the original trilogy. Also Episode IV on the original CBS/Fox LD release. The original trilogy on CED (I think I’m the first person in this thread to mention this format). One or two of the original trilogy on Beta (which are all in storage, so I don’t recall which ones). Thing is, I’m not really a fan of the Star Wars movies; I’ve just managed to accumulate these over the years, usually from buying other movies in a large lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-copies-of-star-wars-do-you-own/648643.md?page=2)