Thanks, Aluminium Falcon, that's exactly how I feel. And the whole point of why I'm doing all this with the subs - I'm trying to make them more like film and less digital, because otherwise it would be better to just have some generic subs in the black border.
And Ginge, where on earth did you see a pristine print of the original SW? If it was original, that is, because if it was SE, then the fact that the subs didn't shake isn't valid, as the subs were redone for the SE.
And if it was an original 77 print, the shake would most likely have been there, only you wouldn't notice it, unless you were looking for it, since there would be a slight shake to the whole picture and your eyes simply get used to it.
And like I said, the shake is actually imported from stabilized PG footage, so it should be legitimate, since PG is probably a 16mm dupe of a 35mm print, so if the shake on the subs is there after you stabilize the footage, it was on the source print as well.