Wow, it seems even in this thread there are a wide range of repsonses. I said I never saw the garbage mattes until the '04 DVDs. Others say they first noticed them on the '95 Faces set, which is my only copy of the original version, and on which I've never seen garbage mattes. Some say they were visible in theatres. Some say they weren't. some say they were more visible in Empire. I say they're much less noticeable in my DVDs. I guess it goes to different film and TV setups that cause so many differing opinions.

And I don't necessarily mind them. I don't want any type of corrections done. I mean, these kinds of things should have been the kinds of things fixed for a special edition if a special edition had to be done, which I don't believe it should have been. But otherwise, I want all the "mistakes" including uncolored lightsabers, vaseline on the lens, matte lines, et al!

But thanks for the response guys. Keep 'em coming!