I just love that on the current mix, you can actually hear the quiet, when R2 is lonely, going through the canyon. I played the original mix and it’s FULL of hiss and totally brittle, so it’s fun now to hear it like George wanted it to really be, what was intended.
Well, my memories of 1977 is how wonderfully that scene stands out, BECAUSE of the quiet. So I guess it worked even then. When I think of what it’s like to watch the OT in the theater I almost always think of that scene. (Don’t judge me.)