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Post #447597

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msycamore
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Complete Comparison of Special Edition Visual Changes
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14-Oct-2010, 12:26 AM

doubleofive said:

A bunch of new photos up, a couple I have questions on:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_1WBvrwBY-EI/TLXcupTdg5I/AAAAAAAAGJw/CZRfy2uZ1o4/s400/Comp-096.jpg

Did they really just change the color of the letters?

This shot isn't a change at all, the lack of scanlines is due to very bad vertical detail/resolution on the GOUT-telecine, you can see the same thing happen in the hologram of the Emperor later in the film. And the lack of green lettering is just another '93 color screw-up like the odd colored TIE lasers when they chase the Falcon.

From an earlier pan & scan transfer of the original film: