Well i've just got to the detention cell shoot-out and i have just noticed something that i haven't seen mentioned before (it probably has been but i just haven't seen it reported). We all know about the reversed music channels in the surround but what the hell is happening with the sound Fx in the front L & R channels? The music is correct but the bloody FX are reversed for the most part. I noticed something similar in the cantina and a few other minor places. Just listen to the blast that han fires when he says " i can't hold them off forever.." He is on the right hand side and the bloody blaster effect comes from the left speaker. Most of that scene is screwed. I guess these fuck ups are again down to creative decisions. the truth is Ben Burtt got his hands on the mixing desk and made a total screw up of the audio. Doesn't this guy know his left from his right? Surely with all the equipment they have at Skywalker sound this would have stuck out like a sore thumb and someone would have noticed it. Maybe they are all just too scared to criticize anything in Lucasfilm anymore. This is going to be a nightmare to fix even with the use of the laserdisc 5.1 because upon finer checking that too has problems and the dialogue bleeds into the front L & R channels throughout most of the movie, But ESB & ROTJ are almost perfect.
I guess i have a long way to go yet
