Nobody is disputing that 04 onwards is worse than the 97
I will. 97 had a far worse looking Jabba and a far worse edit in the Greedo scene. Now they shoot at the same time and there is no terrible head dodge.
Also I like having Ian as the Emperor for the sake of consistency, even if it’s not perfect.
Jedi is the only one that was worse off in the later releases, due to Hayden and the NOOOOOO!!. But the first two are marginally superior in their 04/11 versions compared to the 97.
Pretty sure anyone who thinks that the 97 is somehow totally different from the later SEs and has more in common with the originals is just as blinded by nostalgia for those editions as they claim we are for the OUT.