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Post #468182

Author
Harmy
Parent topic
Star Wars OT & 1997 Special Edition - Various Projects Info (Released)
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Date created
27-Jan-2011, 4:04 PM

I'd upload the sound for you but there was an audio fix released and I only have the unfixed version. But because the audio fix was released, you might be able to download the audio separately somewhere.

Oh, and here's what h_h said about Ady's mix:

I've only listened on my headphones so far, not the full 5.1, but mostly the sound seemed pretty good.  The majority of it is the '97 SE mix, so there are various dialogue differences from the familiar 35mm version (how many of them appeared in the 70mm is anyone's guess).  Some parts of the movie use the 1993 mix, but this was not always done consistently: most--but not all--of the music edits, and a few of the lines, in addition to the obvious places where the edit differs from the SE.  Occasionally the transitions between the sources weren't always seamless and had audible jump cuts, though admittedly this was rare.

What I can't figure out is why adywan decided to use the surround channels from the 2004 mix combined with the front channels from the 1997 version.  I won't fully know what that sounds like until I've had a chance to play it in 5.1, but while usually they are similar, occasionally this results in a bizarre effect when they don't match up.  Most clearly this can be found when Luke observes the probe droid meteor landing on Hoth: the dvd version added a rolling echo that moves from front to back to bolster the impact, but in this mix only the rear half of the sound is heard (in all pre-2004 versions, this was not there at all).

Most of these things come down to individual preference and nitpicking, though.  He has done an incredible job with this, and I'm very grateful to him for making this version.  Here's hoping to see a theatrical version of Star Wars from him sometime in the future.  ;)