snicker said:

Maybe it looks different when output to a HDTV but on my monitor the flattening of the blown highlights has also removed the specular highlights from Artoo's dome and Threepio's shoulder in that shot.

I can tell you from experience of comparing many sources and working a lot on different versions of this movie that the 2.0 there actually has too dark highlights. Star Wars was very bright in those scenes originally. The pushing down of highlights was something Lucasfilm did to the video releases, especially in the 2004/2011 SE.

2.1 represents more what it should look like.