This thread only further convinces me that we'll get what we want eventually. The fact that he released a very nice looking altered version and then a shit looking laserdisc-sourced unaltered version is just another way in which Star Wars is practically unique.

It was just exploiting people's ignorance of how dvd video works. He won't be able to do that with the blu-ray, and we might even get it reverse-ported to dvd in nice anamorphic video.

And before you all say "but Lucas only cares about the PT," I'll tell you "yea, but he knows what people want and are willing to pay for."