erri_wan said:
where would we put the 16mm version in possession of SilverWook? Is that the same of the German-TV broadcast? Is there a way to date that 16mm reel?
Yes, like I wrote in the info and what is said on that German comparison site, the TV-broadcast appears to share the same editing SilverWook's print have. The only thing I find weird other than its editing is that how the heck could they air that version on TV in West Germany the same year the Restored Cut got its theatrical re-release in US, the guy I spoke with on Cult Movie forum said it was aired in UK that same year IIRC, but which version that was, he obviously didn't remember.
As both those versions (TV-broadcast, 16mm) have the restored scenes included, they can obviously not be older than '78 as that was the year Lucas was able to finally restore those scenes. But it is the extended footage of Pleasence and different order of scenes in those two versions that doesn't make any sense at all and makes my head explode.