I finally watched the latest version on my home TV, and have come to the conclusion that even after eliminating the macrovision from the Columbia-Tristar DVD, it still captured a bit brighter than it actually should be. The only way I can tell this is by looking at the black screens between the fades. Not only is it brighter than what Premiere considers standard black, but it reveals digital blocks that you wouldn't see when watching the actual C/TS DVD. Remembering the bad reception that this kind of problem created for OCP's Star Wars Episode IV Classic Edition version 2.0, I have no choice but to re-edit, yet again, and make a new (third) image file of this edit, hoping that I can accurately recreate the black levels.
I. Am not. Happy.