Well, the comments made by John Singh didn't really sound THAT bad, but, if they really didn't want the films to be a source of frustration, they should've assumed that fans DID want quality treatment given to them.

Here's a couple of quotes from a May 11th article on MTV.com from Lucas that makes this whole DVD release seem to amount to a round of poker with Lucasfilm dealing from a stacked deck:

"It's just the original versions, as they were," Lucas said. "We didn't do anything to it at all. But we're not sure how many people want that."

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"Now we'll find out whether they really wanted the original or whether they wanted the improved versions," he said. "It'll all come out in the end."

(Full MTV.com Article)