I too have a betamax copy of the making of star wars and empire strikes back on a single long playing tape. Not sure if that makes it less as good than if they were on seperate releases.
As far as i know the tape is virtually in unplayed condition. Cannot determine the condition of the tapes tracking without a player. All too often the tapes are stored improperly or have tape rot.
Even with storing my vhs rental tape of star wars properly and it had been resealed airtight for years it still has tape rot. I mean a vhs tape from what 1982. Surprised if it works at all.
Then my CAV 1985 fullscreen laserdisc copy appears to be from the same master and is also a rotter,lol.
I thought babyhum's releases were captured but never released?
He had intended to but then he never released them.
I know the dr.gonzo releases came out earlier unless a v2 was put out with the babyhum transfers. I used to have the dr gonzo ones, and form what i have seen of the editdroid the quality is a bit better if on less discs which means they were more compressed. You would think more space used would mean better quality. The only noticeable difference is that the audio has been transfered as ac3 to save space on the dvd. I usually prefer a true preservation of the laserdisc audio in pcm. Even though the making ofs are usually mono sound only with the possibility of 2 channel reproduction and compatability.
Not sure if editdroid used the older release of from star wars jedi that was not remastered and you could buy seperately and it had a mono analog audiotrack. The remaster came only in a boxset of the japan release of the clv re-issues of the defintive collection with a digital monaural audio track.
The funny thing is i have read i think on laserdisc database that the same master was used but the newer one looks better does not suffer from laser rot and has digital audio. They probably applied a light pass on dnr at the mastering stage for the quote "remaster".
These programs supposedly were all shot on 16mm film and the three making ofs from earlier on usually come on faded prints. Though from star wars to jedi could be found and purchased at one point on 16mm LPPnon fading stock and the print i once saw on sale had great color reproduction that makes the laserdiscs a joke.
Good luck on finding a copy now though and trying to get a transfer done. No telecine place will touch commercially copywritten releases.