I think the pay off is huge in terms of story at the end of the film, it makes the whole biggs death more poignant. it also means inclusion of the hangar scene.
I know lucas cut these scenes for pacing reasons but I think they 'could' work.
I've seen a glimpse of the restoration work done so far and I think with a bit of jigging, I can get them to track acceptably at 25fps without jerking and sharpen them up enough so that they can fit in with the surrounding footage.
movealong, how's about it? huffyuv or lagarith codec of the files uploaded somewhere and we can talk turkey.