It's not like George Lucas didn't have problems in his life, either. It was really a wonderful move on his part to finally release the original versions of the trilogy in 2006. It's obvious that he didn't want to. Heck, at the AFI tribute, he didn't allow the original releases to be shown in the theatre. This wasn't just about making more money for him; I believe that he really felt like he wanted his versions with the "mistakes" corrected out there. If I were him, it would hurt to put all this money into making changes like fixing the landspeeder, changing the explosion, and redoing the model work- improving all of these "mistakes" that have bugged him for so long, and then turn around and put the version with all the "mistakes" on DVD right away.
Granted, he got carried away and made some very foolish changes, but with this surprising move to release the original versions (which I never thought possible), I totally forgive him. He's gotten my respect back. The prequels were bad, but still- I forgive him now and I really hope like the rest of you that these new releases will have great video quality.