msycamore said:

Is it possible you saw one of the many SE clips or documentaries around that time.

Yes I saw the SE promo materials... and the first time I saw the Biggs scene as related to the SE, I immediately recognized it as the scene I had seen before.

I cannot change your memories and I don't say you are wrong but I do find it very hard to believe that several of these revisions at different stages took place and especially being screened as late in its run... an early cut with the late mono mix and even some UK prints showing this early cut.

I don't expect anyone to believe it, since there isn't any actual evidence. I wouldn't believe it either, and I recognize that my memory could be faulty, and that perhaps I had seen it elsewhere (although I don't remember that).

According to my diary, the first day I saw it was June 26. I should clarify that I don't know for certain that it was the mono mix -- but I do know without question that the "close the blast doors" line was present. Now, I know that the only mix that contains that line is the mono mix, so it is highly likely that is what I saw. But the reason that I say I don't know for absolutely certain that it was the mono mix, is that if I allow for the possibility of also seeing the Biggs scene and Vader not flying away, then that also opens the door to other differences, such as a mix that hasn't materialized since then either.

I wish I had smuggled a tape recorder into the theater. It would have been easy.