Harmy said:
Well, in a way you're right but then those burn marks are really ugly, in-your-face kind of thing, so if they weren't on the o-neg, it's enough of a justification for me to leave them out. The other similar things I did reinstate were mostly either in camera (like overexposure and stuff) or compositing mistakes (like that shot of Luke in x-wing) and were an inherent part of the VFX. Those burnmarks seem to be due to someone not being very careful with one of the IPs.
I understand and agree with your decision to keep them out.
Question: After looking at the comparison gallery, I noticed that you restored many of the matte outlines. Were there any that you chose to not restore?