All you have to do is look at George Lucas's past marketing history for Star Wars and you already have your answer. Read between the lines. This is a limited edition release because next years release is going to outdo it. It will be digitally remastered and anamorphic. Thus it will not be the original with all the scratches, dirt and grime on the print. My theory was correct in the begining but nobody wants to listen to me because they think I am defending the fact that this is not an anamorphic digitally remastered transfer. IT's a MARKETING GAME... Thats all it is. This "limited edition" is funding next years clean pristine perfectly anamorphic transfer. Lucasfilm did this because fans want the original unaltered trilogy. Next year we will also see the final craptacular versions too. The digital tinkering all ends with the 2007 "The Circle is now Complete" DVD boxset.