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Originally posted by: blitter
My only real concern regarding the project is the preservation/restoration of its audio... has there been much discussion yet about what will be done about the audio tracks, specifically the 5.1 mix? In my opinion the Dolby 5.1 surround PCM found on the DC is somewhat weak...

There was a mono soundtrack - the one that was considered the most complete soundtrack from what I hear, a stereo sound track and a "6 channel" surround sound track that was basically 4.2 as compared to 5.1, except the 4th track was not unique like the other 3, so really it was left, centre, right, surround (which was a combination of the other 3) and 2 low-frequency channels. When shown in theatres in 1977 SW did not have surround sound equal to 5.1, it wouldn't even be equal to decent 4.1 tracks - and that's the 6-channel soundmix, the other two - well one was mono and the other was simply stereo. Most people would have seen (or rather heard) the stereo or mono version in cinemas.

My feeling is if you expect to get a full 5.1 mix out of star wars, you should buy the special edition dvd, a 5.1 mix is one of the things they changed and prepared for the special edition.