The drop shadow exists, it's just that so much detail is lost in every pre-SE video transfer that you can't see the shadow. As I demonstrated, even the edges of the main text layer are eaten away.

Mike has been referring to his "sources" in plural. From what he's said about his sources and his methods, however vague, I've gotten the impression that he is working from multiple sources beyond anything any of us have, and working to reclaim the detail level of the original negative by reconciling all of them. Also, he's been in contact with Dan Perri, the guy who did the credits. All I'm saying is that he didn't pull this drop shadow out of his you-know-where, he knows his shit about what the credits should look like.

But nevertheless, I wouldn't do it for this. I'm not even sure if the shadow would have been visible on a regular print. Both of Puggo's 16mm prints have basically the same detail level in the text as all the other pre-'97 sources I've seen.

I agree with Harmy, leave it the way it is.

To change the subject, have you considered my request to fix the shot after Alderaan blows up so that Luke's saber is as blue as the other shots in your version; sort of like the Technidisc LD, but with the correct blue hue? As I've said, as lossy as the Moth3r telecine is, I can tell that the saber is *blue* in that shot, not almost white like the GOUT or greenish-bluish-grayish like the '97 SE.

So I suggest fixing it to match all your other shots.