I stumbled across this post yesterday and since I had some time, I decided I’d look into doing this as a project myself.
Tonight - several immensely satisfying hours of learning Premiere, matching up shots, and searching for fonts later - I’m now exporting the hi-res video for Empire Strikes Back Reel 1. I used the Blu Ray for most of Reel one, so I kinda want to do a color pass, but for now…
The sound mix from The Puggo Edition (at least the version I have) is fascinating and I’m hoping I have enough source material between the GOUT, the 5.1 tracks from the Blu Ray, and the warbly Puggo version itself to reconstruct something close.
Whenever this is finished (may do a 4:3/mono version?), I’ll be happy to share with anyone who might care to check this out.