Jawa77 said:

Moth3r said:

timdiggerm said:

I was there.

1. From what I've read, it was actually the 1981 re-release print, as it had "EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE" and "Close the blast doors! Close the blast doors!" was missing.

"Close the blast doors" was missing in the first 1977 run as well - it didn't appear until the mono mix, which was finished some time after the Dolby mixes.

The 1981 print you saw probably had the original 1977 Dolby Stereo sound mix.

Nope "Close the blast doors, close the blast doors! .... Open the blast doors, open the blast doors!" was there in the original 70mm Dolby 6 channel on opening day.

(as was Luke missing the first grappling hook throw, which has never appeared in any other version, not in any of the 35mm prints no matter when they were release, nor in any of the home versions- Lucas decided that it made Luke's kills appear to feeble and decided he wanted his skills to seem more amazing there after all; the original scene was longer and more dramatic since more suspense was built up over a more extended period of time as the stormtroopers slowly propped the door open)

Beg to differ with you there. The "close the blast doors line" was only heard in the Mono Mix and was never in the 70mm Mix. This is confirmed by an in theatre recording of the 70mm Mix from 1977.

As for the missing grappling hook, after 33 years no one has ever been able to prove this was ever seen in a released version of the film. Unless any one can produce hard evidence of it and not a 33 year old memory, I'm guessing it didn't happen.