I'm not saying it necessarily hurts the film, but, in my opinion, it keeps it from being the original versions, which is what they're claiming them to be. I'm enjoy special effects too, and the redone Battle of Yavin wasn't bad, and the removed matte line on the rancor was impressive-looking, but I simply want the movies to be the way they originally were, and removing those matte lines, and filling in those transparencies are changes, pure and simple. And if this release is going to live up to its hype of "groundbreaking but dated," then they'd better have them.