machinegodzilla said:

Hello,

After looking through this thread I'm a bit confused which version of THX is currently under working. Is it the 1971 Original Theatrical Release or 1978 Restored Cut?

Hi there, it is the 1978 restored cut that's in the work. The US letterbox laserdisc is what is used as the base but one reel where the framing was awkward was replaced by utilizing the UK laserdisc, the original WB opening logo and titles are restored by utilizing the 2004 DVD which still had the original titles left in (the green colored opening titles was for some reason white or completely faded on the widescreen LD's, they were originally green in '78 and on earlier video releases).

The 1971 original theatrical release would be impossible to reconstruct perfectly without the original audio (even some parts of the audio mix was altered by the studio according to Lucas). But the biggest problem of course is the editing, we have no idea to know for sure what the WB-cut was, but the '76 original Italian release tell us a little bit on how it may have been, but we'll never know for sure if not an old print would happen to surface. At least on American Graffiti we know exactly what scenes were added in '78. I strongly suspect the original Italian release reflect the WB-editing minus the opening, but information on the original release of THX is unfortunately very hard to come by.

machinegodzilla said:

Also, when the work is finished will it be available through MySpleen?

Thanks!

I will probably upload it there after first sending out copies to everyone that have helped out with this.