doubleofive said:
if you grab the others, I'll put them up as is.
Will try to grab them for you.
We wondered a few pages back if the laser bolts in the blockade runner shootout were re-composited, at least some of them were. It appears to me that all of them were re-composited in this last shot just before Vader boards the ship, these three frames are the most obvious due to the different positions of the elements:
Top: GOUT Bottom: 2004 DVD
Top: GOUT Bottom: 2004 DVD
Top: GOUT Bottom: 2004 DVD
I'm now pretty sure more of them were redone, but I don't think I have the patience to go through it to be honest, I have been called "the comparison-freak" by none in the past, but even I have my limitations. ;) This was done in '97 btw.
On comparison 13 of Star Wars, the description says: "This first shot of R2 and 3PO has been reframed, possibly due to a tear in the negative. (1997 Change)"
In the other thread dedicated to the tears that appeared on the release prints and on some home video releases, Tservo pointed out that the camera shake in the original film was a combination of a real camera shake and optical effect, and he is absolutely correct about that, for the Special Edition they most likely went back to the original production footage, either to avoid additional grain caused by the opticals or maybe due to CRI-stock fading.
There are also at least two other shots with an optical camera shake, they appear on shots of Solo and Luke in the Falcon when they're preparing for the incoming TIE's, oddly enough both were repositioned one frame later in the '97SE, much like the dissolves between Luke and Vader in ESB. This difference was easier for me to describe than it would've been with screenshots.