Two of the reasons I asked about this are:

The 97se of ANH was recently screened in maryland. It was the only version they were allowed to screen as 35mm film (2004 and 2011 are purely digital, and with less resolution at that). The possibility of the rumored 4k release being a direct port of the 97se also gives it a little credibility.

In addition, several months ago ANH aired on spike tv. For some reason, the 2004 transfer was used instead of the 2011.

While the OUT has no authority anymore, possibly at best banished to Legends, the canon of each of the SE releases can be a little confusing.....

I guess your saying that the newer releases are, the more authority they have?

...and I meant to say months instead of years... I'll fix that in the post...