Jedi is theatrical, Empire is theatrical also (but theatrical and GOUT are the same for Empire IIRC). Are there additional frames in Star Wars theatrical vs GOUT?
For me it’s really about making sure each film syncs perfectly with the latest hairy_hen soundtrack.
Happy to take advice.
Jedi: 4K83 is theatrical and has the latest hairy_hen soundtrack
Empire: Theatrical = PAL GOUT, but has two more frames than NTSC GOUT (at around 1:44:24), 4K80 promises to be theatrical, but the latest hairy_hen soundtrack is NTSC GOUT, so he’d need to make a new one for 4K80. So this is one of those matters where GOUT isn’t descriptive enough because there are actually two GOUT frame standards.
Star Wars: There’s one frame at the beginning of the last reel (at around 1:40:08) excluded from GOUT but is visible on some other pre-SE home video releases, but it was not on the 4K77 print (so there can be some argument about whether that frame is theatrical, but I think it likely is, it’s not unusual for frames to get lost on reel changes). Latest hairy_hen soundtrack is NTSC GOUT.
So assuming you’re waiting for 4K80 before doing Empire, then you’ll be GOUT-theatrical-theatrical, just like 4Kxx.