God help me, I just noticed something else horrible about the SE changes…

So, I was flipping through The Making of Star Wars, and they actually have a shot of the workprint that John Williams used during the scoring sessions. The shot in question is from the ‘Standing By’ sequence, with the fighters flying by Yavin… Except the moon is in the background! Tucked under the planet no less. I thought that it was strange, since I’d never seen that in the original, and lo and behold, it wasn’t! I checked Despecialized, and the shot was just how I remembered it, with no moon to be seen. They must have realized that in a spacial sense it made no sense that you could see the moon while the fighters were very clearly on a linear path for the Death Star. So, for the final composite, they removed the moon element entirely!

I have a question, then…

WHY IS THE MOON THERE IN THE SPECIAL EDITION!!?!??

Edit: Uploaded proof on imgur: http://imgur.com/gallery/mSQEb