# When was the last time Star Wars( the original) was shown on TV?

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**Created:** [April 22, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346 "2004-04-22T03:06:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Toblerone2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toblerone2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toblerone2000)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346/1 "2004-04-22T03:06:43Z")

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Not sure if this belongs in GQ, but when was the last time that the original Star Wars trilogy was shown on T.V? I remember last seeing it on tv around '95-'96 when there was talk of the special editions and claims that it was going to be the last time it was going to be broadcast. And what station aired it anyway? I recall it being TBS, but that doesn’t seem likely.

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346/2 "2004-04-22T03:19:24Z")

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I’ve seen Episode IV several times in the past few years, but I can’t recall for the life of me if it was the “original” or not…I can’t remember Han’s scene with Jabba in the hanger by the Falcon, but I don’t remember breakfast, either…

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346/3 "2004-04-22T03:21:22Z")

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Er…I mean I’d seen it on TV…sorry…

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**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346/4 "2004-04-22T07:00:00Z")

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The whole trilogy used to be on USA every Christmas. I remember watching it while in high school (so 4-5 years ago). If I remember right, it wasn’t the Special Edition, but that might have changed in subsequent years.

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**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-star-wars-the-original-was-shown-on-tv/241346/5 "2004-04-22T21:02:37Z")

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I dunno, but I have the original [pre Special Edition] films on video (bought, not taped off the telly) bwahahahaha