The source is an International negative, all films for international release usually require a neg that is free of any subtitles so that subtitles can be added in the required language.

The Derann Super8 print uses the International master and is a straight print from it, so it is lacking *any* subtitles, so the poor viewer has to guess what Greedo might be saying.

This does make it a great colour reference though, as it is straight from that neg.

I don't see any smearing on the JSC ANH, and I have been over it a frame at a time more times than I would care to admit. I would suspect it is the player or comb filter as AntcuFaalb has suggested.

If you have any frames with smearing I'd like to check them against mine.