PJVader made it sound like he had a really good copy of this, but I can't find anything worthwhile online and all my efforts to contact him have come to naught. I can think of three different types of sources that could perhaps be used to create a quality preservation. However, I lack any real skills. Let me pose three questions to those capable of fixing up these films:
Can the proper colors correction be applied to this rather yellow copy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9CWq5JmGOs
Can this video be stabilized so that we only see a steady shot of this handheld camera video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmbGFi016Ac
Can this video be upscaled, as it seems rather lacking in color and detail:
http://www.martinsvids.net/?p=663
(Part 2, about 21 minutes in)
This film needs a decent preservation, and I'm hoping we can use some of the footage for our ROTJ collaborative edit, but I've really run out of luck in my quest for a decent copy. Anyone know an answer?