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hairy_hen
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Star Wars Trilogy: Hyperspace Collection - 720p AVCHD Project Complete and Now Available! See Post 42 for final details!
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4-Apr-2011, 2:55 PM

True, by their very nature my mixes can't be called 100% accurate, mainly because the actual 70mm version had discrete channels while mine had to be upmixed from matrixed stereo; also my use of LFE is a judgement call on what the bass content could have been rather than being based on absolute knowledge, since the recordings available don't let this aspect come through clearly.  The surround channel in the recordings is either greatly subdued or missing altogether, so there may also be some occasional discrepancy there, as well.

Still, despite its limitations, it does come vastly closer to the theatrical experience, particularly by eliminating the unnecessary additions made to the 1993 mix (the most egregious of which I consider to be the shattering glass in the cell bay shootout).  Since the '93 mix did come directly from the 70mm printmaster and just had extra sounds dumped on top of it, it's about as close as it can be until the real thing is released (or someone of greater skill makes a more seamless version).  The other two movies aren't quite as close, particularly Empire, but still very similar in overall feel.

However, I quite understand not wanting to use them, since they aren't actually the real thing.  And if the video was shortened rather than patching audio gaps at the side breaks, then they probably wouldn't synch anyway.  ;)