The colors aren’t a big deal to me, especially not the 97 version which had great and highly accurate colors apparently. But even the Blu-ray, to be honest I didn’t even know people took issues with the colors until I joined this site.
I take it you’ve never looked at the lightsabers then.
Well frankly I have hardly watched the official Blu-ray or DVD at all, and it’s been years, so no not really. I just didn’t see anything that jumped out at me as awful from what I remember, but then again I was too impressed by the improved detail and resolution compared to VHS to focus on that much. I didn’t even know that the colors were unfaithful to what was originally shown in theaters.
This.
I had downloaded the Wookiegroomer versions of the HDTV broadcasts for the trilogy before the Blu-rays came out in 2011, and I was so impressed with the detail that I didn’t even notice how terrible the color and contrast was even compared to the 2004 DVD until much later. After that, and after seeing the Senator Theater screenshots, I quickly realized what I’d been missing.