I think the RMW footage looks pretty great.
EDIT: Then again, I think that this entire forum is overly concerned with color correction. I think I might be in the minority there, though.
We should also remind ourselves that the brief clips in their reel may only be from a restoration of the SE. It may not matter if the color timing isn’t accurate.
Good point. The RMW thing was done (or at least started) years before TFA was released and apparently even before Lucas sold out to Disney. If what some people are saying is true, and the theatrical cut of Star Wars is being restored (I emphasize Star Wars specifically because from what I’ve gathered, that’s the only one they’re having problems with), they’ve been struggling with it as recently as 2015 at least, which was when they got their scan from the Library of Congress. Maybe that was taken for a last minute reference to make sure all of the cut footage was restored properly. That would fit with what someone on Steve Hoffman’s forum said along the lines of the OUT being “almost finished” in 2015, but A New Hope needed more work so it was pushed back until 2017 for the anniversary.