Damn it, I just made a whole big post and then my internet rubbish'd out and I lost it.

Anyway, in brief, the 5.1 mix of Jedi will be the same one from the encodes made last year. I'll see about that being made available around the same time I finish with the music edits for Empire. All changes to the music for both films will be 5.1 only, so edits and content as presented in the 35mm mixes can be heard in the stereo versions.

I'm going to check the stereo mix of Empire and see what I can find. Can someone tell me exactly where the side breaks took place for the laserdisc release that is being used? Also locations of reel changes if those are known--anywhere a definite jump in synch is most likely to occur. Those should be taken care of first so that things like analogue playback speed discrepancy can be ruled out or otherwise accounted for. Don't forget I'm available to take a crack at fixing the synch if need be. ;)