Return of the Jedi wasn’t released on video until 1986 in the UK. At the time, sell-through home video didn’t really exist. As I remember, this videotape cost a huge £75 to buy through a video store. Luckily, I knew a dork* at school who won a copy through the Daily Mirror. Sadly he didn’t own a video recorder and swapped it to me for assorted junk and some loose change. Over the next few years I wore that tape down to the point where adjusting the tracking just didn’t help any more.
If you also wore this tape down to the spools then maybe you will remember the trailers that came before the green ‘Lucasfilm Ltd’ banner. I’m certain that Mischief, Cocoon and Ladyhawke were on there and 50% sure that the others were on it. If you know better, please post corrections below. I’m also not sure about the order they came in, so if you know, let me know.
Trailers:
- Mischief
- Cocoon
- Ladyhawke
- Colour purple (may have been a different trailer – there are many variations)
- Enemy Mine (The UK trailer was different and had a Tom Baker voice over. it started with a dead pilot floating in space – not available online)
YouTube trailers below. (They may not be in the right order – damn you WordPress!)
*No one in Europe ever heard of the word ‘dork’ until after the 1988 release of Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach.
