Meanwhile, I recommend everybody put their 2004 set up for sale on Amazon or eBay to flood the market and make the value of the discs plummet. Re-buy the new set in Sept., mail the 2004 discs back to Lucasfilm, with a note saying "Even the shitty non-anamorphic transfer of the O-OT means more to me than your Special Editions."
Amen. I'm all for that.
I used to like the SEs until George began his campaign to erase the originals. Now he's forced me to take sides.
As for this "non-anamorphic" news, it is definitely troubling. I can see no reason why Lucasfilm would need to do that unless they are only going to use a cheap, low-res, digital master. They could do so much better.
I hope its just a false rumor.