That's not pointless, far from it. Using DVD quality material where possible allows you to see subtleties in the image that are lost in these shitty VHS dubs. It lets you see what the filmmakers saw. A good quality picture with workprint sound is a completely different experience than anything available otherwise, and teaches you a lot.

Pretty much every fan edit I've ever done has been something "pointless" like that. I've never seen a workprint of anything where most of the footage wasn't in the final cut, just with different audio.

In this case, the two most important deleted scenes are already available on DVD, in their original workprint forms, and would integrate perfectly into the film.

Etc etc etc etc etc