Treadwell said:
All of EditDroids documentaries came from laserdisc. I don't know about digital vs. analog audio though. But given the very limited mono source material, I don't see how that would matter much.
Obviously, the analog Vs digital difference don't lies only in the audio quality (that should be better, if maybe only slightly, on the digital soundtracks), but, IMHO, on the fact that the digital audio versions were released about ten years after, and probably also mastering/restoration techniques and/or masters used were better - it should be verified taking two different captures from old (analog) and new (digital) laserdiscs and comparing them side by side...
Some of them, I forget which, had the burned-in Japanese subs.
"From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga" and "Star Wars: Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi" should have them; if not, they WERE NOT captured from laserdiscs, as they exist on laserdisc format only as japanese subtitled ones... reading this uncovers why FStJ:TMoaS is not present in the official BD box set...
The other two could be from US laserdiscs - hence, without japanese subs - but I don't know if the video quality is the same of the japanese counterparts, as it is well known that at the beginning of the laserdisc history (about up to the first half of the (19)80's) the US laserdisc editions were not high quality, and often prone to laser rot, where japanese edition had highest video and mastering quality.
They did replace all of the trilogy movie footage and some of the clips from other movies with cleaner sources though.
If I'll try to do the same, I will first make the TESB and ROTJ restoration...
I still don't know if a "comprehensive laserdisc supplemental project" should be started, as the EditDroid and RowMan sets supplemental discs are stuffed with all the OT docs I intended to use, plus something more... They only lacks 1997 SE docs, but, how many persons could be interested in them nowadays?!?
Plus, when released on AVCHD and/or BD and/or DVD, they will must have proper menus, and I can't do them for now...