last night i undertook an AB switch comparison with the faces and DC discs.
there is no comparison. the OUT dvds absolutely blow laserdisc out of the water.
i am one phenomenally happy star wars fan. even if they are being doctored to look deliberately worse than they otherwise would (which seems a little extreme, even for lucas), this is still by far the finest presentation of the original trilogy yet released.
i delight in its crispy, grainy splendor. i'm in star wars geek heaven. no it's not anamorphic, but it's a nice, official, raw transfer of the old THX masters. i'll take 'em and love 'em warts and all.
for the record i still feel manipulated for having to buy that deplorable '04 release (both times). the first, just so i could have some semblance of SW on DVD. the second, so i could get this release into my hot little hands. but today, all of this displeasure with lucas' manipulative marketing tactics is outweighed by my rapture with this release. if or when lucasfilm releases better transfers of the original theatrical trilogy, i'm sure i'll buy those too. now excuse me while i watch them again and drool on myself.