Is there any interest in obtaining a true 5.1 source or using the 6.1 source from the blu >rays etc?
- Rev
If you need to cure your 5.1 fix, on the 'spleen there are audio files for the Star Wars Original Trilogy (aka. GOUT) that uses the rarely heard 1997 Special Edition sound mix made from the original CinemaDTS CD-ROM discs. Of course, portions of the audio include the sound mix from the GOUT to patch over footages where the 1997 SE audio would be out-of-place.
Just mux these to the MKV video and you are good to go.
is the music score quieter than the SFX during the death star attack? i dont recall if that change happened in 97 or 2004/2011
Nah. Other than changes I’d say the 97 mix is the best mix available for Star Wars. Not for ESB or Jedi, just SW. (It’s quite good for those two as well but there are other good mixes whereas both the original and the 2004 and newer mixes for star wars sound terrible for different reasons)