msycamore said:

EDIT: Still, I guess a recycling of the same scan is a possibility despite the restored matte shot. Perhaps all the negativity surrounding the butchering of the Star Wars trilogy around the same time called for it. But then again, why restore that matte shot and keep the other tweaks? (A question that remains no matter how you look at it.)

The fact there are any tweaks at all (not to mention sloppy, revisionist color timing and remixed sound) pretty much negates all of the hoopla Paramount and Spielberg fed the media about this being a meticulous restoration to the original theatrical version.