zombie84 said:

Backlighting it is a bit tough because of the dye layers, but with modern scanning tools it can be done. Not ideal, but more than doable. Take a look at all the films that are Technicolor negatives--Wizard of Oz, for example. Looks pretty kick ass to me. The bigger issue is that the layers shrink at different rates, so you often have to seperate them and scan them individually, but for something 33 years old that's probably not an issue. The biggest issue is that the 100% fade-free claim is a bit misleading. It doesn't fade, but it never gets printed 100% faithful. You can see in the clip, there is a bit of a tint to it, although the white balance on the video camera is probably making it worse. The problem is that the color balance of the dyes is never 100% the same, so no two prints are exactly a like. If you want to use Technicolor for color reference, it's the best source possible but it will always be a tiny bit off if you want to start splitting hairs.

Still even if someone could just record with a high quality video camera off a projected screen (where the camera was properly centered), that might be helpful to have another reference.

It would be free of DVNR, would have the original colors and a print like that might be less faded than anything Lucasfilm had in their archives. I hope the owner has some digital copy of the print.