The Technicolor prints of Star Wars are not anywhere near as contrasty as those shots-from-a-consumer-camera-off-a-frigging-movie-screen. That is NOT what those shots looked like in a theater, and having first-hand experience with Technicolor prints of Star Wars, I can assure you that while Tech stock is "more contrasty" than some other stocks, we're talking about a tiny amount, and well recoverable in a good scan, provided you do it at multiple exposures, as any good scan would. These screen grabs look practically like bleach bypass prints, they're so exaggerated.
The density of film stock is amazing, and contains data that is rarely accurately realized because of the limitations of bulb brightness and screen reflectivity in a theater. This idea that Tech prints aren't suitable candidates for restoration is growing into an accepted truth when it's a complete myth, perpetuated by people who are not in possession of proper scans of Tech prints. Let's end this now.
_Mike