I’m wondering what’s with the differences in color timing for the binary sunset, the death star interior, and the rebel base interior? In the binary sunset it seems to be more uniform in color, and both the death star interior and rebel base interior have the weird blue tint to the shadows, which I thought was part of the bluray and dvd’s color issues.
No, all the reference sources (namely the various film prints obtained by Mike Verta, Poita, and Team Negative 1) that have come to light since ANH:R was made have proven pretty conclusively that both of those things were intentional. They were over-exaggerated by the shoddy BR color grade, so early color grades like Adywan’s overcompensated.
Although I think Adywan did say that he made the Death Star’s walls more of a stark gray as an artistic choice even though he was aware of the intentional blue tint, it seems like he’s changed his mind on that in the years since.