I can see why people have been complaining about lack of anamorphic. But I think for a transfer of a Laserdisc Master, this is about as good as anyone should have expected. I don't think Lucas half assed it, he did what he could to make it look as good as he could. Not only that, but he obviously went to some length to make it as close to the original theatrical version as he could (by reinstating the titleless crawl on ANH).

But I think it was fine for Lucas to put it out on DVD. I know a lot of fans who said in the past that if he wasn't going to restore a print, giving us a laserdisc transfer would be better than not getting it at all.