Right, because nothing says quality training like watching your trainer scroll through his call log while you guess how to use the forklift. Give me the tablet any day.

Fresno is actually a known spot for bootleg tapes, there was a guy on Blackstone Ave who sold dupes out of his trunk back in the 80s and 90s. If this was one of his, there's probably a whole run of them out there. The Luke joins the Empire thing sounds like someone spliced in footage from a fan film or a foreign dub that got edited weird. I'd check the tape label for any handwritten codes or numbers, those guys usually marked them. Also pop it in a different VCR if you can, sometimes tracking issues make edits look way more dramatic than they are.

Did you ever notice how the same thing happens with cars? My uncle drove a tow truck for years and he said half his calls were dead batteries and flat tires, stuff people could fix with a $20 jump pack and a tire gauge. He swore up and down that if folks just checked their own stuff once a month he would've been out of a job. But here's the thing, he also told me about the guy who tried to change his own tire on a hill and the jack slipped and crushed his leg. So it cuts both ways. I do think there's a line between simple stuff like a plug tester and things that can actually hurt you. Telling people to walk around and check for warm outlets or tripping breakers seems pretty safe to me.