n00b said:
Isn't there an way to "simulate" the GOUT by basically using material from 2004 or the blu-ray (same with the snow speeder scene)? I don't know how much alteration really is in those shots but they just look cleaned up to me in the first place - nothing the complain about, like your recreated credits of SW. So the loss of detail seems very painful to me but I trust your far better judgement and may be corrected.
These shot's have been recomposited and altered and in the SE; both in the location of the ships, matte lines, and motion bur. (compare the snow speeder in the SE and original version to see a big difference in how they look.)
I think the reason the fleet reveal shot has to be GOUT sourced is because: "The Super Star Destroyer bridge has been recomposited in this shot to cover up the Star Destroyer engine glows that were still visible."