grisan wrote: Yes, I think most releases before 1995 contain the burn marks.
here's the thread discussing the topic, and TServoo2049's proposed hypothesis about foreign language versions:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Tantives-Orange-Errors-Thread/topic/13355/
and pics from various releases:
http://fd.noneinc.com/Glitch/starwars-tantiveorangeerrors/starwars-tantiveorangeerrors.html
If anyone can provide pics from a german version, would be much appreciated.