What are the minor differences between the 35mm and the 70mm audio? I seem to remember something about a missing effect during the snowspeeder crash.
Am I correct in thinking that the list of audio differences in the wikipedia article is incorrect and actually represents differences between the theatrical and SE mix?
I wouldn’t classify them as minor myself–yes, effects and mixing are very similar, but there’s different dialogue in a number of places. The most jarring one being what the Cloud City escort says to Han, but there’s also a few extra C-3PO lines (not the same as the 16mm ones). I think that’s also where some of the SE alternate takes come from (“get the shelter built” vs. “get the shelter up”, etc). It’s really worth downloading and watching the Puggo Edition 8mm digest (which is based on a 70mm reduction), even though it’s not the complete film. It’s really odd to hear (and see) the changes. And in one case, Leia’s line in the 35mm mix didn’t line up with her lip movements, but her alternate line in the 70mm mix does (the “I know where Luke is” scene)!
EDIT: Also, the missing snowspeeder crash was a problem with the 93 mix. Since hairy_hen derived his 1980 5.1 mix from the 1993 mix, he took the snowspeeder crash from another source.