Yeah, playing with some of the footage, it does make sense of some of the choices made re colour on the 2004 edition.
Also, the UHD footage I just posted of the speeder and outdoor Tatooine has been colour balanced post scan. On the print, the exposure is very high, it is very low contrast and ‘blown out’ looking, I just did a balance to see what detail was hiding in there, that is not how it looks projected.