TServo2049 said:

I don't KNOW that much about the film sources, it's all educated guesses and deductive reasoning. Like, the JSC has to be from the same IP as the 80s video releases because they share the same damage and glue marks, which means that unless they come from two different IPs that share all of the same flaws, the JSC doesn't come from an IP made in '85.

I'd love to have hard facts, but I don't actually have any. Sorry if I gave the impression that I knew something any of you didn't know -- I don't.

Don't be sorry! I know much of what you "know" in this regard came about via deductive reasoning. That's fine.

I think a thread written by you on this topic would be helpful because most of the relevant information is scattered across this forum, forcing each interested OT member to track it all down piece-by-piece, only to deduce what yourself (and others) have already deduced!

Plus, it would enable other knowledgeable people to post, with a possible timeline of what-the-hell-happened to these film elements over the years coming forth as a result.

Knowledge is power and we need all the power we can get to fight The Empire Disney/LFL.