yotsuya said:

pittrek said:

yotsuya said:

pittrek said:

I’d love to see the “original original” versions of the 1977 credits! Will you include also the cloudless composite during the “leaving Yavin 4” sequence for this version?
I’d love to see all the existing versions in “as good as possible” quality, so your plan sounds exciting.

I’m going for as complete as possible. Until someone gets their hands on some of the film elements to scan them, portions of the SE, TPM, and AOTC will never be better than enhanced SD. That is why I’m using the GOUT. Number one it is complete and number two it is essentially the same quality as the SE and TPM.

And I don’t have any element to make the cloudless composite. I’ve heard of it, but there really isn’t anything different in the versions I have in my library. I have several LD archived versions, but Puggo and Moth3r’s are the only ones so far that I’ve found with the different credits and the quality is such that I can’t see anything different.

Taken from here :
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Credits-and-Leaders-Thread/id/12960

‘Draft’ - 1977 opening day prints
pre-ANH widescreen bootleg (mthr)
pre-ANH bootleg ‘PS77-78?’ (AntcuFaalb)
16mm English (PuggoGrande)
16mm English (Catnap)

And this thread : http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Print-variations-in-77-Star-Wars/id/14705
claims that

The “cloudy composite” version can be seen in:
35mm Widescreen bootleg (Moth3r)
35mm Widescreen bootleg (AntcuFaalb)
16mm (PuggoGrande)
16mm (Catnap)
Super 8 Derann
NTSC home video versions '82 - '92
PAL home video versions '82 - '91
UK ITV Broadcast version (1982)

Well, you have sent me on an editing spree. I found three shots (all effects shots) that are different - in each in reels 3, 5, and 6. I am still looking for others. But those are the same three the other thread discussed. As they all have imperfections and are archived in PuggoGrand, I think it is safe to say they would have been there on opening day. I will have to incorporate them into my edit. I think I’ll also use the 35 mm crawl. I think the fade out in reel one is also longer. I still have to check other versions before I confirm that. Right now I’m using JSC for the elements and confirming them with SWE and Puggo.

Not sure if you meant it as a good thing or a bad thing, but I’m personally glad you will include the changes 😃