I think you're partly in the wrong thread, but yeah I have that too. It was posted by one of the x0 people years ago to demonstrate the new starfield of the 1981 crawl I think. This is the series of photos I am looking for though.

Also, re: death star. I don't think he had them repainted. He mentioned in an interview with American Graffiti that when he showed up on set and saw how dark it was his solution was to cut holes in the set walls and have the set light itself (the trademark light panels), so that he could motivate the light and also be able to shoot more quickly. Return of the Jedi had similar struggles because the characters (all three of them) are dressed in black from head to toe so its hard to get edge definition. But as far as I know the Death Star wasn't repainted.