Originally posted by: Dunedain
In any case, they were certainly never intended to be seen, so naturally we want to make the restored version look the way it was intended to look at theaters on opening day, that means no matte lines.
So what? of course they weren't intended to be obvious, but then again neither was leaving Jabba in ANH on the cutting room floor. Lucas had obviously intended to put it in if he'd shot the scene... going with what was in '77, though, the matte lines and boxes, the orange blob under Luke's speeder were all there. In any case, they were certainly never intended to be seen, so naturally we want to make the restored version look the way it was intended to look at theaters on opening day, that means no matte lines.