ROTJ AT 30: THE (VHS) RACE IS ON!

The spectacle of RETURN OF THE JEDI makes a truncated conversion to home entertainment in 1985/1986. In the pre-digital days when VHS tapes were all we had, STAR WARS found a new lease of life for generations of fans on TV- in rental, then nice price release sales- until the big-screen return of the Original Trilogy in love 'em or hate 'em SPECIAL EDITIONS in 1997.