hairy_hen said:

What I find interesting is his assertion of its superiority over the SE in quality terms. That the '97 soundtrack is significantly less dynamic is obvious from even a casual comparison with the DC mix--but he also says the image of the SE was much softer than what he saw.

Yeah, that's really interesting when he wonders if it's voluntary done...

I wonder myself if showing the superiority of such an "old" format wouldn't be somehow a threat for the new technologies, including blueray.

Anybody has never mentionned any relation between Lucas and the blue ray to my knowledge, so I almost wonder if my far memories are so real, but here they are:

At the time of RotJ (1983/84), I had a special magazine entirely about the making off. Lucas spoked of one of his project: developping a new technology: the blue laser. I'm 90% sure it was said in it...

"Starfix magazine, hors serie n°1" (french)