We who have the 2004 versions we should not have to buy them again, some people already bought both the 4 disc and 3 disc 2004-2005 sets and will not want them a second or third time over, but will have to just get the originals.
not only is this tripple dipping but the price could be cut in hald if we could buy the originals only, not only that but the promised future releases with the deleted scenes etc. are not being offered these are bare bones releases.
There are probalbly only a few scenes minutes in each film that have not been remastered for the 1997 or 2004 release, but they have at least 90 to 95% of the job already done, they would just have to restore those few scenes that were not restored for the 1997 or 2004 release. and it would not cost millions like lucas has said to clean up a few scenes.
basically what they are offering is the same laserdisc master as the definitive collection/Faces releases
in spite of the fact that they did not use these masters for the 1997 re-issue or dvd release because of so called artifacting.
Some of the worst official dvd releases out there for movies have simply been laser masters dumped onto dvd with no care involved.