Jetrell Fo said:

I wonder if captures of the 2 Japan SE sets would yield a full copy with no frames missing. Any idea if they are the same as the US set in this regard?

I honestly don't know, but at a guess I would think they're probably the same. The only way to know for certain is to capture both sets, IVTC, and align them at the first frame of the 'Star Wars' title card and start skimming through. If they lose sync then you can skim back slightly to identify the missing frames between the two.

The PAL set has the extra resolution you'd expect plus it doesn't require IVTC, just a slowdown to 23.976fps. It does have its own issues, though, including custom wipes at side changes and only a Dolby Surround encoded stereo track. I'll have to produce a reference of missing frames from SE video sources from all of my old notes one of these days and post it in the old 'standards' thread.