It is bonkers - totally mad! And if you follow the journey from mid 90's onwards it's all down to Lucas himself - the guy has lost the plot..... When the 1997 Special Editions came out he said he was happy that the trilogy now met his 'creative vision'... why then tinker with them again in 2004 for the DVDs? And now it will be changed again for the 3D releases. You can't keep going back and re-jigging films like this it's crazy - film historians must be cursing his name right now. It will backfire though - I doubt these sets will sell well. Most already have the 2004 versions by now, and the hardcore fans won't buy this for the Original Trilogy as it's no more than an LD master transfer.