What source was used for the early 77 version?
Japanese Special Collection LD shared on myspleen some time ago
Ah, so the print source for that particular laserdisc transfer still had the older version of those effects shots?
Do we know when exactly the TN1 source print is from?
Correct, the early 80’s home video releases were a strange hybrid of the 1981 crawl, the early 1977 effect composites and the late 1977 closing credits, as noticed by people with much better observation skills than mine.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Credits-and-Leaders-Thread/id/12960
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Print-variations-in-77-Star-Wars/id/14705
and of course yotsuya’s posts in this thread
If I remember correctly the source for the negative 1 scan was a 1977 LPP print?