Despite your views, this is not a case of the Chicken and the Egg. The original 1977 Star Wars did COME FIRST. This is fact. It's success and overwhelming acceptance in all avenues of public culture (not just movie fans, not just sci fi fans, not just geeks, not just kids) is the SOLE REASON for any sequels. That is fact. It is the sole premise on which the SE's were both restored and marketed. That is fact. It is the ONLY VERSION recognized by the Library of Congress and its restoration efforts. That is fact.
Frankly Gomer, I don't even know what you are doing here. You represent everything and every problem that this site is against. You have slammed it and ridiculed this site on more than one occassion. It's blathering LFL buffoons like yourself trying to spin their corporate milking of this once great film that is killing any efforts for preservation and release of the OT in any kind of quality format. If fans like yourself had a shred of decency, compassion or balls; you would join us in vocalizing this problem to LFL and perhaps we would see real positive change and healing. Instead, you continue to exist to drive a wedge into fandom and destroy the original beauty and magic which captured an entire nation by force.