It should be noted that unaltered scenes in the official dvd's had similar fixes (Luke falling down Cloud City shaft, cockpit view into space, rancor, speeder bikes in Jedi). I'm fine with that because those things weren't really supposed to be there, they ocurred during compositing, and fixing that is like doing a better transfer. It also gives the old pre cgi effects more credibility because then they don't look so obvious to spot.
It should be noted that unaltered scenes in the official dvd's had similar fixes (Luke falling down Cloud City shaft, cockpit view into space, rancor, speeder bikes in Jedi). I'm fine with that because those things weren't really supposed to be there, they ocurred during compositing, and fixing that is like doing a better transfer. It also gives the old pre cgi effects more credibility because then they don't look so obvious to spot.