Logo History: Star Wars (Part 3)
From 1984 until 1995, the Star Wars franchise took a hiatus on the big screen. In the meantime, the Star Tours ride debuted at each of the Disney parks and new books were being published by Del Rey. Marvel put Star Wars comics on hiatus after Jedi, only to bring the franchise back for the Dark Empire storyline.
In 1995, the original trilogy was reissued on VHS. This time with new Fantasound enhanced transfers.
Then in 1996, the franchise returned to the big screen with Shadows of the Empire.
Shadows of the Empire was not the first Fox/Amblin collab to feature the CGI Fox logo introduced two years earlier. That honor belongs to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, which was released in June of that year. Shadows would be released for the '96 Holiday season.
However, there is no camera panning around the structure. Instead, the first drumrolls are heard over black. Then, we fade to the Fox logo, seen at its normal angle for about seven seconds. The Fox logo then fades to a short version the Amblin logo, with Elliot and ET already in front of the moon and the bike wheels spinning while the Amblin name slides into place. The Amblin logo plays over the Cinemascope extension of the Fox fanfare.
This logo combo was also used on Special Edition releases of the Original Trilogy in 1997. Unlike OTL, both the original theatrical versions are still available on home video in tandem with the special editions.
Starting in 1999, this logo combo opens each installment of the prequel trilogy; The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and the third installment, which will hit theatres worldwide in 2005.
In 1995, the original trilogy was reissued on VHS. This time with new Fantasound enhanced transfers.
Then in 1996, the franchise returned to the big screen with Shadows of the Empire.
Shadows of the Empire was not the first Fox/Amblin collab to feature the CGI Fox logo introduced two years earlier. That honor belongs to Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, which was released in June of that year. Shadows would be released for the '96 Holiday season.
However, there is no camera panning around the structure. Instead, the first drumrolls are heard over black. Then, we fade to the Fox logo, seen at its normal angle for about seven seconds. The Fox logo then fades to a short version the Amblin logo, with Elliot and ET already in front of the moon and the bike wheels spinning while the Amblin name slides into place. The Amblin logo plays over the Cinemascope extension of the Fox fanfare.
This logo combo was also used on Special Edition releases of the Original Trilogy in 1997. Unlike OTL, both the original theatrical versions are still available on home video in tandem with the special editions.
Starting in 1999, this logo combo opens each installment of the prequel trilogy; The Phantom Menace (1999), Attack of the Clones (2002) and the third installment, which will hit theatres worldwide in 2005.