Cheers guys!
Unfortunately you guys have put me in two minds again because the second screencap that you both prefered from the third comparison uses my current settings while the second screencap you liked in the second comparison with R2D2 uses the same modified settings as the first screencap in the third comparison, the one that has slightly more green fleshtones that you didn't like so much.
I was kinda hoping you'd choose the first screencap from the third comparison and make my life easier haha. Getting the fleshtones right are the most important thing of all so it looks like i'm staying with my current settings.
NeverarGreat, sounds like you're using a far more complex program than I am, i'm not able to target deep shadows, shadows, midtones, mid-highlights, highlights seperately and change their respective colours.
As for white balance, I'm happy as far as that is concerned, all the light sources that are meant to be white are white with my settings throughout the whole film, I used when leia and darth vader are talking on tantive IV to get that just right, at least to my eye.
The colour of clothes will change throughout the film according to the colour of the different light sources, so leia is not always going to look whiter than white, she will only look totally white when she is being hit by a white light source like on tantive IV, which has the white lights on the corridor ceiling, otherwise the white of her robes will be tinted by the colour of the light source that's hitting her in that scene. Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as i'm aware that is how light works. And this is of course not taking into account any colour grading that GL and co may have applied for specific locations that will make the colours of the clothes vary even more.
In my experience white light sources are a far more reliable way to get the correct white balance of a film than clothes.