Yeah, I have heard about this sometime last year, no I am not at all surprised, oh well as long as the films come with a John Williams Dolby six-track music score on one of the audio tracks for each film that will be just fine
This will take up a lot of the DVD storage space; HD-DVD is on the horizon and something tells me there will be yet another realise
And lord knows this may represent a 7th Dolby six-track version of Star Wars episode 4 a new hope
So if you are a laserdisc owner, keep it I have kept the Star Wars Definitive collection THX box set NTSC and the Star Wars special edition THX box set NTSC, Return of the Jedi widescreen NTSC and a rare Pal version pressing Star Wars episode 4 a new hope, which is not on the opening of the film, this is how it was shown in 1977, the disc is a pan & scan edition with Dolby stereo surround, on the analogue track.
I don't think I'll be dipping into another SW boxset until the hi-def formats are out. I've already got all 5 films on standard dvd, can't see any reason to buy them all again for a few extras.
....and a rare Pal version pressing Star Wars episode 4 a new hope, which is not on the opening of the film, this is how it was shown in 1977, the disc is a pan & scan edition with Dolby stereo surround, on the analogue track.