The Empire Strikes Back, Laserdisc, CBS/Fox Video. France 1993. 1425-35
Widescreen 2.35:1 - Digital Stereo (French) - PAL - 2 sides (CLV)

A widescreen ("Format Cinémascope") release from France, with French crawl and French dubbing. The PAL format allows for the movie to fit on one disc, but the end credits are truncated by a few seconds, abruptly cutting the fade-out of the music at the very end of side B. This release is using the exact same Laserdisc master as the French 1990 Laserdisc. The copyright scroll is the same, image characteristics are the same, the sidebreak is the same, and side 2 cuts out in the same, abrupt way. The releases even have identical product numbers, 1425-35! Though released in 1993, the cover design is reminiscent of early 80's European releases, with their gaudy borders and cluttered layouts. This disc carries both the Fox Video logo and the CBS/Fox logo, with French company PFC Video listed as distributor.