Originally posted by: baby hum
Coming Soon...

Just posted at babyhum's blog I like it; just bookmarked it. I also like that "Tatooine or Bust" and "Star Wars or Bust" are to be extras on these discs, rather than main features themselves. Best way to handle them, IMHO.

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Nice, A new transfer of the Making of Star Wars laserdisc is long overdue. Could I suggest having 2 audio tracks on this? The Sci-Fi Channel version has a different narrator than the laserdisc release. It would be cool to have both in one spot.

Agreed; I'd like to see this as well. It's something that has been missing on all transfers to far. It was William Conrad that narrated the original one, but no one seems to know who the newer narrator was for the 1995 version. I assume some kind of royalty issues with using Conrad's voice (too expensive, maybe?) caused the new voiceover to be created.

babyhum, do you have a source for the alternate 1995 audio? I do happen to have that tape (actually ordered it through the cereal box offer back then). It's in NTSC format (was this version ever released in PAL?), and in very good shape, having only been played a few times. I'd be willing to loan it out "for the cause" if need be.

And these new transfers I assume will also have the burned-in Japanese subtitles. I guess we have to make that sacrifice for the sake of best quality. I'd still love to see someone custom matte out the subtitles using a subtitle-less transfer, though.

EDIT: Looks like you do need a source for the audio. As far as I know, the cereal box mail-away offer VHS tape in NTSC format is the only source for this alternate audio (someone please correct me if they know differently!). And as far as I know I may be the best source for this, so PM me with your address and such and I'll see about digging out that tape.

--SKot