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Post #440916

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ChainsawAsh
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Question on the 1977 70mm Soundtrack Recording
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16-Sep-2010, 3:53 AM

I prefer the mono mix first, the 70mm mix second (based on Hairy_Hen's 5.1 reconstruction of it).  The theatrical stereo and 1985 stereo are tied.  Finally, the 1993 stereo.

There were no other changes to the film itself in 1981.  The crawl (and the starfield behind it, thus the first shot is different, as well) was altered in 1981, but nothing else (oh, and I don't think the mono mix was ever used with the 1981 and later prints, though it was used on a couple TV broadcasts, which is how we're able to have it now).

The only other change I know of (and this is contested) is the darkening of the canyon scene with Artoo, before he gets kidnapped by the Jawas.  This scene appears to be darker in the 1993 Definitive Collection transfer than in previous releases.  This is what's used in the 2006 DVD (it's the 1993 master, plus a more recent transfer of the 1977 crawl spliced in, which is why the shot of the Star Destroyer overhead looks so much better than the rest of the film).

Other than that and the audio mixes, I'm pretty sure the first film has stayed the same since 1981.