The '04 pics do look sharp, but man, that blue-ish tint has got to go! I don't own those DVDs and never really saw them so this is all news to me...
LOL @ the purple asteroid! I too am wondering how all of these mistakes got through...missing music, light sabers that are the wrong color...wtf?!? Which brings me to:
Is it still really all that surprising that these OUT DVDs are not anamorphic? If a company can release its masterpieces on DVD with so many obvious mistakes yet still stand behind them, than it is no longer surprising to me in the least. Also, I HIGHLY doubt we will ever see these mistakes corrected (or if we do, it will be years from now). Rather, I think the company will explain away these problems via artisitc vision, "Oh that was the saber's crystals changing colors with the Force...", etc.
