Star Wars Trilogy Special Widescreen edition, VHS, 20th Century Fox Video / CBS/Fox Video, UK 1992

This rather bland slipcase holds all three Special Widescreen Edition tapes released in 1991. The tapes were also sold separately. The box itself is copyrighted 1992, while the tapes themselves bear a 1991 copyright. This would suggest the indivudal tapes were released the year before, and this collected set came a year later. The tapes are identical, though. The early 90s represents a transitional period where the CBS and 20th Century Fox partnership for video distribution was dissolved. The Empire and Jedi releases from 1991/1992 have BOTH the CBS/Fox logo AND the Fox Video logo on them, but note that the CBS/Fox logo is conspicuously absent on the cover for the first Star Wars. I'm not sure why that is, but it might have something to do with the rights for the first Star Wars film being divided between 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation and Lucasfilm until 1997. (The rights to the two sequels have always been held by Lucasfilm alone.) The rumour is that in 1997, George Lucas negotiated the exclusive rights to the first Star Wars be transferred to him, in exchange for 20th Century-Fox receiving distribution rights to the Special Edition versions and the planned prequel trilogy.