zombie84 said:

Also, I have concluded that the 1993 photo is a scan from the film. Its too perfect a replica of the exact framing of the screen. That its a hair's width open in visual information tells me it is a scan as well, an open matte scan of the film itself. Which is interesting. I don't know how much I should read into the coloring, but it conflicts with all the other material I have seen. I mean, if the Japanese LD is overlit by my estimation, that means the true print should have more saturation, and the photo has half the saturation, not more.

Sorry, I don't think I fully understand you here, when you're saying "the 1993 photo" do you mean that the photo in the book is a scan from the film, made in -93? Anyway, I don't have your technical knowledge but I find this very interesting if it's an actual scan of the film itself.

I have checked various Binary Sunset footage I'm aware of for colortiming like an obsessed geek (wich I am;) that I have in my possession, and came across this one from the Fox TV documentary, Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery from -97 and almost all of the footage in that documentary seems to be taken from the new print made for the SE as the program is about that anniversary, but if I remember correctly, this footage looks very different on the -97 SE video release. As I don't own the SE, can someone confirm this?

EDIT: picture moved to the top of the page.