msycamore said:
This change/difference may surprise you, at least it did surprise me. A recomposite have taken place of this shot at some point,
first frame of the shot:
the one at the top is from the Special Collection LD, the 2nd is from GOUT. As you can see, the timing of the white spots/ships are different. Both Puggo Grande and Moth3r's bootleg match the Special Collection ('80's home video transfers) Puggo Krig is blown out making it impossible to compare, haven't watched anyone of the other sources out there yet. The composite we're seeing in the THX transfer (GOUT and Technidisc LD) is actually more crude - the first row of ships disappear and reappear for some frames, the other composite have some anomalies on the planet instead. When this change occured I have no idea, maybe for the '81 re-release. It never ends... ;)
here's our version, it matches the GOUT mostly..
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