Was not the final mix done so late that they could not wait to find the original masters for jedi and this is why the SE soundtrack cd sounds like shit ?
Because the stage they did it at had to be vacated for the scoring of ID4.
Speaking of 1994 nov 1 was when Lucas started Episode 1, the writing of it.
So the Special Edition had to be in the plans for some time to coincide with the lead up to the prequels as well as free r&d paid for by fox.