Sometimes you have to wonder if Lucas predicted that within a few years that VHS would be obsolete and thus the unavailability of the OUT would become a reality, at least until he gave into studio pressure in 2006. You have to remember DVD didnt exist yet when the ‘Faces’ sets were released.
He did. He said as much in 1996.
My watching habits are almost exclusively Harmy’s Despecialized Edition (with the mono soundtrack for Star Wars). Every once in a while I watch either Silver Screen or Adywan’s.