Mverta, I've spent three hours reading through this thread and watching your Legacy videos and I must congratulate you on taking the time and having the patience to really put the effort into preserving what is arguably the world's most analysed and argued over film. Everybody has their own version of Star Wars projected in their head in terms of tone, effects inclusion and soundtrack and to be honest, you seem to understand that there shall never be a truly universally agreed upon version by fans and Lucasfilm alike. However, this Legacy project will ensure there shall always be a pristine and '77 era Star Wars, regardless of whether it sees the light of day.
Your work, amongst other parts of the process, in removing only what is not meant to be in the final shot spurs me on to continue work on my own projects. I'm in the process of restoring a myriad of Pink Floyd and Kate Bush music video releases. Sadly the best resolution and quality to be had for many of these is from VHS and your earlier comments on how grain allows the brain to infer detail and perceive greater sharpness where is there none and the subtle use of contrast and colour has really assisted my work.
Essentially, I'm foregoing and distancing myself from a lot of other fan releases where people have pushed contrast, dialled in drastic colour changes and used really heavy de-noising to the point where it looks like a badly compressed YouTube video. I'm allowing the original video to sit alone, cleaned up, stabilised and with greater dynamic range but there'll be no historical revisionism. I'm not the person to question the author's intent, I only wish to allow it to be presented as clearly and accurately as possible. The amount of work to not only go back to the foundations of a video or 35mm scan and rebuild the image and soundtrack is quite shocking at times though but like you and many others on this site have found, it's a very rewarding and happy process to be part of and accomplish.