Darth Tater said:

I thought the Telecine subs were original.

Yes, they are. It's a telecine of a '77 print. Thread for sub reference: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Greedo-Jabba-subtitles-theatrical-placement-and-fonts/topic/11463/ I really need to update that page with screenshots of all Jedi subs and some better reference material that have since surfaced.

You_Too said:

Darth Tater said:

How does this green light/blue light thing happen in the first place?

I think it must have something to do with them adding some color setting over the whole movie without checking for side effects. Probably the same thing as Luke's saber being green and grey shadows being blue. Just a guess of course.

I think it's alot more complicated than that, see this: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Crushed-Blacks/post/539032/#TopicPost539032 That is just a few examples of the inconsistency that is going on with all the levels throughout the film, that's why one single setting cannot correct the damage, just from one moment to another it goes from being extremely saturated to being very desaturated, what should've been blue are green and vice versa and what should be bright is dull in another moment, I don't know if the blu-ray release have corrected some of this but that's what's going on with all the levels in the 2004 DVD, which create a wonderful mix of disaster.

I'm no expert on this, but one color setting added over the whole movie cannot be the culprit for this.