adywan said:

try using vlc mediaplayer to or media player classic play mkv's. it sounds like it may have multiple audio tracks and quicktime has switched default tracks

Interesting though because i didn't realise that there was a mkv version available. Did your version have the flipper or the hand severed in the cantina?

Well, thanks for the suggestions. I had thought of multiple audio tracks before, and it turned out the 5.1 track was hiding below the stereo (dubbed) track out of view. The problem is fixed. But I don't know how it was changed in the first place. [shrug]

As for which version, this one has the hand, but no blood. It looks like the doctor's arm instead of Ponda Babba's.

So who's 'revisited' version do I have?