Sounds good. I don’t think anyone is in a hurry.
When you say the “bottom” of the 97 crawl, do you just mean the last few frames (and/or when it’s farthest away?) I’m pretty sure you could see most of the “Star Wars” text and not just the bottom of it - just want to make sure we’re talking about the same thing. Or maybe I’m mistaken and it was just the bottom of the letters.
As for the grain, I think even adding a bit more artificial grain to the image could do the trick. It shouldn’t be jarring given how much is on the next shot. But I’m curious to see what you’ve come up with!