danny_boy, thanks for the info. Yes, it's definitely a different print and telecine but the splice glue and lack of Tantive corridor marks tell us that it is at least derived from the same or similar film elements for the most part that was used to create the 80's home video master. In the year of '82 three different pan & scan transfers saw the light of day, four if the PAL rental tapes weren't just straight NTSC to PAL conversions. Remember that we had Video 2000 at school back in the day, good players.
Russ, I'm pretty sure his version is the same telecine, the tear he described in the dinner conversation is on yours as well. I've also seen a few screenshots from his in some of the threads around here that match yours, no Tantive corridor damage. But it would of course be great to see some more screenshots from it, especially if the recording includes the credits.