The 97' and 04' releases of the New Hope album include 5 alternate takes of the Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner number tacked onto the Binary Sunset alternate track as a bonus, creating a track that’s nearly 17 minutes long! If they could do that, I don’t see the reason why they couldn’t place all 9 of the above omissions at the end of the first disc of Jedi. I would be satisfied with just one version of Lapti Nek and Ewok Celebration, but if there’s room, why not all?

I wonder if there’s an e-mail address where I could contact Sony Classical about perhaps getting a complete Jedi soundtrack out on the shelves that covers all 3 versions of the film. Seeing how Lapti Nek and Ewok Celebration “don’t exist” and the fact that they just re-issued the album less than a month ago, such a product probably has a snowball’s chance in hell of being released.

I probably will still buy the current CD issue eventually, but it still won’t change my opinion on how the omissions damage the keepsake value.