CatBus said:

From what I've seen of some 35mm film scans of ESB, the starfields in the film are both brighter and seem much more populated than what is apparent in the GOUT. I imagine it's also the case with the other films. Harmy often uses film scans and theatrical photos as references, which is why his versions often deviate from the GOUT. Certainly there's also a lot of guesswork, but the goal is to re-create the theatrical version, not the GOUT.

I haven't seen all those sources so i can't make a judgement on that but even if the starfield was that bright and numerous, the fact remains that a continuety problem is created which is very noticable in the clip. If Harmy were to brighten the stars in the background when the Tantive IV passes to match the stars in the scroll background, there would be no problem whatsoever and everything would be seemless. As it is, the difference in star brightness between the two backgrounds is very noticable and IMHO very distracting.