Space Kaijuu said:

is the color correct? The first version seems more accurate to what I remember when I first saw the movie in the theater. I say this because I clearly remember wondering why the Jawas seemed to have red eyes in the theater but the toys and even home video release they had yellow eyes. The change in tint would explain this. Also, R2 looks a little greenish in the remaster during that scene. Also was the Biggs scene that was added to the SE version originally deleted before or after the initial theatrical release? I've heard both ways citing that it was removed from the home video release due to early limitations of the VHS format. Finally, you mentioned a blu-ray release of the despecialized edition. Will this be in 1080p or 720p?

Doing my best here... others may chime in with more accurate info. Star Wars was shown on various filmstocks, all with slightly different color profiles. Harmy's color choices are based on Technicolor IB prints, which are as close to a gold standard as we can get outside the studio. Other prints, such as Eastman filmstock, were known to go pink with age, so certainly that could explain a reddish shift if you saw a very old print, but that would be over the whole image and not just one detail like the Jawa eyes. Frankly, though, I think it's more likely than not your memory is just playing tricks--lots of people claim to remember entire scenes that simply weren't there (such as the Biggs scene), and red eyes may just be another one of those. People read novelizations, etc, based on the film and the two merged in memory for lots of people, causing lots of false memories. The Blu-ray will be 720p.

EDIT: Ah, screw it. Everyone here is too fast.