(Credit: Return of the Jedi long lost Edit Droid Laserdisc Discovered)
A LaserDisc that has apparently been in limbo for 30 years has been recovered, and it contains never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage of “Star Wars Episode IV: Return of the Jedi.”
A Facebook group calling itself Return of the Jedi long lost Edit Droid Laserdisc Discovered found the LaserDisc on eBay for $699. It contains 50 raw, unedited takes of the scenes on Dagobah starring Luke Skywalker and Yoda.
The disc’s eBay seller, lavenderjadelain, seems to specialize in old media.
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LaserDisc, the first commercial optical disc, is about the size of a vinyl LP and was the chosen method of storage used by LucasFilm for its EditDroid footage editing system — the precursor to editing software Avid and Final Cut Pro. It is one of these editing discs that the group found.
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