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I’m not sure if there’s actually a place that collects or charts Lookup Tables for color correction like a library (although that’d be a very nice resource, come to think of it)
I will say that, in general, looking at preservation projects centered around the prequels, and specificaly those that are using 35mm film scans/prints as a basis, the biggest takeaway I’ve gotten simply from looking at them is that the TPM and AOTC were not as vibrant or saturated as the versions we’ve gotten very used to on home video, ever since the DVD days. They’re a little more contrasty and desaturated, and the color palettes are way more neutral.
Essentially - the prequels need to be turned down a couple clicks, if you get the metaphor there. The volume on the eye-candy was turned up really high and it’s just sort of stayed that way, but looking at film scans and trailers of TPM and AOTC, part of what made those presentations seem as filmic as they did was because the movies didn’t really look that loud all the time.
