I think the difference is that these games are available. Yes, there are updates, but there are also the originals. And, for a some of the "remakes", its the exact same game, but with new graphics. If all Lucas did was fix some of the bad mattes, transparent cockpits of the snowspeeders, etc, I would be fine with it. But the originals are effectively buried. Its a different movie now. The only "offical" versions available now is the 2004 DVD versions. They've dumped the original trilogy, and even the '97 special edition. I would perfer that Lucas would stop "updating" it. But I could live with almost any changes Lucas wants to dream up if he makes the originals available too. So I'm not sure its really comparable. But the good news is that there are several people who have perserved the originals to DVD.