Harmy said:

If you're talking about the fade in/out with a blur thing, all evidence seems to point toward no such thing ever being there in SW, so I'll probably take it out. I just thought it looked pretty cool. I've seen countless subtitled films theatrically and I remember this effect being there but as it seems it wasn't there in this case, and since we're getting closer and closer to the actual theatrical subs, I think I'll take it out.

I don't see how a fade-in would even be possible using the hand-compositing methods used for Star Wars. The thing that causes subtitle shake also prevents the fade-in from being possible.