Could you tell some more of the story behind your Empire Strikes Back theater performance recording (bootleg)?
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/07/17/portable-vcrs/#comment-1058349

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3011 (replace Yahoo! w/ Google)

Hello, i'm researching SW Theater Performance recordings (bootlegs), and would love to read people's memories of their viewing or knowledge of such a recording. post here or e-mail pl1x@earthlink.net. Yes it was a long long time ago, but oddly these recordings remain the only way to...
well this site puts it better:
http://savestarwars.com/

Any memory would be great. What movie? Format (PAL-NTSC, U-Matic/Beta/VHS/VCD/BinCue/etc, widescreen or pan-scan) When did you see it? What was the story behind seeing the tape? (friend who was a collector, sci-fi convention, just knew the right people, did you record it yourself!) Did you bring a cassette recorder to the 70mm screening? Are you responsible for the Hastings RotJ Heist? Did you go to jail for RotS? AotC? TPM? Was the version you saw, Good, poor, miserable. Did you buy it from an ad in a comic book journal? Surprise us with any detail no matter how irrelevant it may seem. thanks in advance.

They should call it "STAR WARS THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE Is Forever ...One Last Time"

In the mean time, fan edit it. Use old show dialog/graphics to replace the censored bits. Heck use your favorite preacher or non-preacher as replacement material.

The problem is they completely removed the ending dialog, basically wasting everyone's half hour of life.

Hello, writing to let you know about another Star Wars documentary which focuses on the recorded perception (by anyone corporate or individual) of the Star Wars phenomenon at the time of the release of Revenge of the Sith, which will turn 5 this May.

Project can be viewed at:
http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_Video.html
Full FAQ:
http://www.noneinc.com/tBSWM/tBSWM_FAQ.html

More historical in nature, this documediamentary focuses on the themes and memes of what the people who talked about the Star Wars phenomenon were otherwise talking about. So there are chapters which show that people liked to talk not just Star Wars topics (like waiting in line, Chewbacca or the opening scene of ANH) but also other societal issues. (sex, piracy, drugs & alcohol, politics)

I recommend gradual digestion. The online presentation is divided into chapters which makes the 3.5hrs easier to comprehend. The full DVD has additional material, audio commentary, multiple subtitles, bonus features, which provide additional insight into what happened in those fateful 4 months when the hype and frenzy felt palpable.

The destination of this project is to show that a presentation of this type (goal oriented clip show) could be produced on any topic by a online search engine query. Society has made large online video repositories, it's time we put them to work.

Sorry if this was a confusing introduction, i'm rather lost the projects inner workings.

Questions and comments welcomed.
thanks
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