so.
my project is diverging a little. I will still finish my laserdisc version which is the original cut. but my DVD edit will basically expunge all the crappy SE stuff that was added and replace only a few shots with LD footage. if neccesary. Mos eisley is the greatest sticking point but what I am going to do is this.
My methodology here is 'to stick to the spirit of the original films' while using the new footage. for mos eisley this is painfully a necessity as this is the worst part of the LD capture I have and no amount of jiggery pokery is going to get it to measure up.
so I am going to reuse the mos eisley CGI footage in a minimal way. eradicate the comedy ronto and spy bot moments and pare it down so that the mos eisley arrival is a minimalist thing that matches the timing of the original approach.
i've already done the stormtroopers on tatooine's surface and that matches the original cut for timing with no scene extension. I've also replaced the lucasfilm logo with text and re-timed the opening crawl so that it is correct.
for the space scenes I'm going to use the LD footage in some areas and I'm going to rework the CGI flyby to match the original film.
more details to come later.