PLEASE do the 81 crawl and flyover! I’ve been wanting a good quality source of this forever!
There’s no great source yet of the 81 crawl that I’m aware of. As with last time, I’ll probably do a version the 97 crawl with flyover. But it will be a limited release and maybe just for people here (it was unpopular on spleen last time anyway). It’ll probably be a little after the 77 version, because Harmy is going to advertise 2.7 and make a change gallery and stuff, so I don’t want there to be any confusion about what people are getting and what the actual main release is.
The idea behind doing the ANH version was just a nice little bonus for those doing marathons who would prefer it. It doesn’t 100% accurately represent any real version, making it technically a minor fanedit in that it goes from 1997 to 1977. For the intended purpose, I think it works fine. When I watch that scene, the very last thing on my mind is the specific locations of the stars and timing of the planet/moon/etc. However, I fully support the idea that an actual release claiming to be ‘1981’ would need to be frame accurate just as any other shot in the film should be. Which is again why the version is more of a quick hack fanedit than that.