@Hairy_hen
I hear you mate----I guess marketing has a big part to play.
Star Wars Episode I: Production Notes
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May 1, 1999 |
Music and Sound
With the Star Wars films, George Lucas has always been intent on using state-of- the-art sound. "I'm very much into sound and soundtracks," he comments, noting that the two work together in telling his stories.
The first Star Wars was instrumental in popularizing the Dolby noise-reduction stereo sound system, as did the two subsequent Episodes in the original trilogy. Motion picture audio technology has since made significant improvements with the introduction of digital sound and Lucasfilm's THX program. So, for The Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition, Lucas created a digitally-remixed soundtrack, which surpassed even the original's showcase 70mm prints that used magnetic tracks.
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I agree with everything you say although I would add context as another factor(along with subjectivity).
When people went to watch SW in 70mm back in 77'----all they had in their homes were crude mono sounding TV's(and stereo gramaphones for their vinyl's)
So they were always going to be blown away by a 6 track magnetic audio presentation in a cinema!!