The gauntlet may look funny because the pic was taken without a flash, with motion. That will create a blur. Also, the Chronicles was definitely published before the SE, though there is *one* reference to the pending SE somewhere.
Just found it. In the part just before the Holiday Special, they tell about deleted scenes from ANH, and mention the Jabba scene. "A new version will appear in the Star WarsL Special Edition." This may have been before they even decided to do SE of all three for all we know. Definitely no other reference to SE though.