Previously unseen Star Wars raw footage found on laserdisc

[Chris3123]

And it only cost the guy $699:

Buyers of a rare LaserDisc used to demonstrate an 80s-vintage film editing system have found it full of raw footage from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, graciously posting clips to a Facebook account over the course of the past several days. Most of the clips are from Luke Skywalker's last visit to Yoda on Dagobah, but another gem features a full minute (without audio, unfortunately) of R2-D2 repairing Skywalker's damaged X-wing.

The origin of the LaserDisc isn't entirely clear, but it was purchased for $699 off eBay, apparently once used to demonstrate Lucasfilm's EditDroid station — one of the first digital film editing systems sold nearly 30 years ago. Ironically, George Lucas himself never used EditDroid to make a movie; the Star Wars clips were loaded simply to show off its capabilities to prospective buyers.

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The guy's Facebook page.

Here's the full collection of the clips the guy has released, with 9 so far (it's on Facebook).

Here are the first 8 ROTJ clips the guy posted on Facebook, combined into one video:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV_-oGZ0U1k[/yt]

And here are two clips he shared on his page that are not in his album:

Ep IV Outtakes/Bloopers:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_mw9j1-EHU[/yt]

Lightsaber tests:
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCpfTCueQVo[/yt]

 

[Mr. Adventure]

No metal bikini bloopers? Pretty cool find really.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Very nice!

 

[publiusr]

I liked the test where even their hands seemed engulfed in energy--rather like the bulb discharge of pistols from the IRON WOLF commix...

 

[davejames]

Huh, looks like Yoda's line was originally "Look I so bad..." before it got changed in post to "Look I so old..."