COLOR CORRECTION UPDATE:
I tested thoroughly the color correction settings I described in this thread, and, despite the fact that "whites were whiter than white", I was not totally happy with them, because that little part of autowhite I used in my avisynth script resulted in several color artifacts... so, I decided to restart from the very beginning!
After a LOT of hours spent comparing the original SE laserdisc captures, GKAR, color corrected laserdisc captures and OUT, I understood that, if I want a perfect 1997 SE color correction - with colors as similar as possible to the original trilogy - I must color correct the whole movie scene by scene (sometimes frame by frame) with different, tailored for the scene/frame settings...
Because to obtain a color corrected scene I must work for several hours, I calculated that if I want (and don't count I could not be sure to be able to do it) color correct the 1997 SE near the perfection, I will release my SET in some years... that is because I have a family, a job, a life outside this project - you know, my cats want to be cuddled, feeded and adulated several times each day (><,) - and luckily in the last weeks my family decided to let me alone on the front of the screen during my "project days"... so, with so little free time to improve the SET colors, and the fact that I'd like to release it ASAP, a decision must be taken...
Following my new restoration philosophy, "less is more", I decided to do subtle but more correct color corrections... yes, with the old (and with inbetween) script, the whites were whiter, but the rest of the picture often was greener too... and the colors were too "different" from the original, sometimes looked artifacted, other times like "painted"...
At the end, I achieved a good result using two settings, one for the whole movie apart the Mos Eisley scenes, where I used the other, a bit more "aggressive" for that very pinkish scenes... it's true that some pinkish tones are still visible in white parts of few scenes, but the results, compared to GKAR for example, are quite good - IMHO, of course...
As usual, GKAR is not resized or processed; SET is taken from the finished file, and then resized to match GKAR.
AUDIO UPDATE:
CapableMetal, with all his effort, was really helpful with audio soundtracks: he sync'd the DTS theatrical soundtrack to SET, and sync'd the NTSC AC3 soundtrack too. I tested them both, and the sync is perfect! Thanks a lot, CapableMetal!
As AVCHD format does not allow DTS, I will include only the NTSC AC3 original soundtrack, plus the english and german soundtracks from the PAL laserdiscs and the italian soundtrack from VHS (still to capture it); could still release an MKV with DTS soundtrack, for those who doesn't care to play an AVCHD on their BD player or PS3.
Following these, I will release a BD-25 with both OUT and SET - this time with the DTS soundtrack; maybe an interview to GL for the SE and some trailers will be appreciated... I also thought to add a bonus version, as a four quarters split screen... top left GOUT, top right OUT, bottom left GKAR, bottom right SET - what do you think?
Any comment - as always - is highly appreciated! Thanks to your comments, I learned a lot of things!