CT Does anyone else collect all the many variants of vhs star wars movies?

I am looking for anybody else that collects all the star wars vhs movies. There are a lot of trilogies and i own almost everything + some possibly unknown variants and would like to be able to discuss this stuff with people.

 

Variants like what?

 

In the us there is at least 15 trilogy sets + 4 star wars + 1 empire strikes back. Plus making of star wars and from star wars to jedi variants + others star wars films.

 

Just the trilogy alone here is what i have found on vhs (us versions)

1982 big box star wars
1982 video rental library star wars
1983 big box star wars
1984 star wars
1984 empire strikes back
1986 trilogy movies sold separately
1987 trilogy movies sold separately
1988 trilogy (Same as 1987 set but with trilogy sleeve and insert)
1990 trilogy 2 variants
1990 special letterbox collectors edition
1992 trilogy 2 variants
1995 trilogy
1995 trilogy thx widescreen edition
1997 trilogy special edition
1997 special edition widescreen
1997 limited edition collector’s set
2000 trilogy
2000 trilogy widescreen

 

I have the original versions that all came in the square blue box with the hologram logo.

And the Special Editions that came in the silver/black Vader case.

 

Over the years ive owned the Video rental trilogy, Star Wars with han solo spelt as hans solo which I think might be tthe rental releae on the back, 10th Anniversary Star Wars release, another pan and scan release the first widescreen trilogy release, one last time release, executor box set and 1997 SE release. All I have now still is the Executor set

 

Strange. Nowadays people still talk about the long-dead VHS format but nobody seems to mention LaserDiscs. They are superior to VHS in many ways, though I admit there weren't that many movies available on that format even during its peak (late 80s maybe?).

 

I have laserdiscs. In the us there are only 6 trilogy sets on laserdisc. Not Much to discuss. There is so much more on vhs that i would like to be able to discuss with another true u.s. collector of them. There are variants like crazy in the vhs sets.

 

OK, sounds plausible. Still, VHS picture and audio quality have always been "questionable" to put it mildly. I always hated that video noise/snow you could never 100% get rid of on some tapes no matter how you adjusted tracking, tape wear and video head dirt increasing with every single viewing etc. At least with LDs or other laser-based media there no longer was physical contact between player and disk, not regarding other factors such as laser rot of course.

 

Not on purpose, but just through happenstance. I own the "one last time" editions, and the SE on VHS. Before the 2006 GOUT release, I tracked down the boxset that has FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI on it because I had never seen the original version in widescreen before. And I bought the Blu-Ray OT just because I heard the picture quality was really good (spoilers, it's not).

That's not every trilogy release, but it's one release for every version; original, SE, DVD, and Blu-Ray.