I still don’t understand why those sorts of fans even care so long as they have their Blu Rays to watch. Nobody is suppressing their preferred version. If the shoe was on the other foot, would they go to the lengths we have? I kind of doubt it.
Hell, we’re preserving the 1997 SE and original theatrical TPM now.
The creepy cultish behavior of some fans troubles me. It’s like the originals are some heretical text to them.