Watching the Reliance comparison video makes me admit defeat in regards to any hope for an appreciable restoration from Lucasfilm or for any well-loved film in the future. The moment Mike switches to his restoration after showing the blu-ray and Reliance showreel efforts, it's like being able to see for the first time. The stormtroopers just pop back to life and stop fighting for attention with the background not just in terms of colour but clarity. The colour of the background itself seems to instantly invoke Star Wars, as if that particular shade of 'gun-metal blue grey' was invented just for the film and I recall it from various making-of books and photographs. It's shocking that they would overlook such basics like that and I can't imagine it's an editorial decision at that point, more a team just wanting to push these shots out and get them finished.