zombie84 said:

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Does anyone know if it was the same master from the 1993 DE just re-mastered and re-transfered, or was it a whole new telecine from scratch? The DE had the ghosting issues from the dirt concealment, but is this on the THX sets as well? If not, my question is why LFL used the 1993 version for the GOUT, since there was a HQ master made for Laserdisk for the 1995 set as well.

What is the 1993 DE? Are you referring to the 1993 Definitive Collection THX laserdisc boxed set?

If so, there are some excerpts from an interview with Dave Schnuelle here that describe the film elements used. (There is another post on the forum somewhere with extracts from the same interview but from an audio perspective).

I believe the '95 "Faces" THX laserdiscs are from the same master as the '93 DC. The equivalent '95 PAL THX laserdiscs, released in France and Germany, are however a different telecine as evidenced by fewer dirt spots, the burn marks in the Tantive corridor shot, and the different - zoomed in - framing of some shots. The smearing from dirt concealment/DVNR is still present, though.