ChainsawAsh said:
Oh yeah, I forgot that the ".44 Magnum" thing came from the mono mix ... I'm willing to overlook it for the other aspects that are (in my opinion) vastly superior. I may look into fixing the blaster sound for my Star Wars edit - it's definitely evolved beyond the point of staying faithful to the mono mix.

And I knew that the six-track mix was for 70mm screenings, I just didn't know if it was considered more or less complete and "final" than the stereo or mono mixes.

Vaderisnothayden said:

Also, it's my impression that there weren't any pre-85 laserdiscs and that 85 was the start of ANH on laserdisc.

This isn't true - the 1977 theatrical stereo is available on one non-time-compressed and several time-compressed laserdiscs. The 1980 theatrical Empire mix is also available on laserdisc (Dark_Jedi recently ripped it and is working on synchronizing it to the GOUT). I have no idea if the Jedi 1983 theatrical mix is available on laserdisc. Or if it was remixed in 1985. Or 1993 for that matter ...

But when did these discs come out and are we talking official discs here?