dark_jedi said:

Star Wars
Video,
16:9 Anamorphic @ 2.35:1
Audio,
1977 Theatrical Stereo
1977 70mm Dolby Digital 5.1 Six-Track Reconstruction
1977 Theatrical Mono
1985 Home Video Stereo Remix
1993 Home Video Stereo Remix

The Empire Strikes Back
Video,
16:9 Anamorphic @ 2.35:1
Audio,
1980 Theatrical Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1 Remix
1985 Home Video Stereo Remix
1993 Home Video Stereo Remix
Bonus,
Rare 1980 "Empire Hotline" Recordings Featuring - C-3PO, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader.

The Return Of The Jedi
Video,
16:9 Anamorphic @ 2.35:1
Audio,
1983 Theatrical Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1 Remix
1985 Home Video Stereo Remix
1993 Home Video Stereo Remix

* All DVD's have a static menu's with audio, and will be DVD9's.

This is what I am shooting for, and as far as audio bitrates, I am not sure, like to keep as high as I can obviously, but I am limited to what the DVD will let me(total max bitrate), so final bitrate I will only know once I get them authored up and see, hope this helps somewhat LOL.

I've been lurking (and waiting excitedly) in this thread for a while. Huge props for such an undertaking.

Have you considered encoding into x264 to max out both video and audio bitrate? Most people stream video, or have media players these days.

Max video bitrate and max 5.1 audio bitrate would be a dream come true. As close to a GOUT blu-ray as we'll probably ever come.