I can't agree more. You can't just go with how the model looks under florescent lighting. The color will completely be off compared to the way it looks compared to how it looks on set.

The film degradation thing never occurred to me. So the question is, because film degrades over time, wouldn't that mean even scans of a 9 or 35 mm print be faded or mis-colored? Then, we would have to go off either VHS tapes of Star Wars off Fox from the 80s but, those also degrade over time and tend to have poor image quality. Then that brings us to the '97 SE versions which are horribly "color corrected".

So how do we really come down to the "real" colors of the film. Basically, it is a best guess depending upon memory and personal taste. I mean, to me personally, I'd say that clearly we can't go with the "intent" of Lucas on this because according to him, the "revised" versions are the way he "meant" them to be so, he is happy with that.

My first exposure to the original films was on VHS via the Fox broadcast so, I tend to be more partial to those levels of coloration. But, if something could be tweaked to be made more "ideal" I would be OK with it.

However, at the end of the day the color interpretation on this project will end up being Ady's choice. I am just hoping for colors that do justice to the films and end up flowing with them. I don't want cyan/hot blue TIE fighters or a neon green Yoda, which I know Ady wouldn't ever do.

My feeling on Yoda is that Ady has hit that one right on the head. However, the TIEs appear to be up to some debate still. My opinion on them is go grey with a slight blue tint but, not enough to be overpowering. But, again, that is my opinion.