Back in 1997, the official star wars site said the original movies had to be restored before any alterations could be made. Why they didn't use that new unaltered print for the "One Last Time" release instead of using the same master from 1993 is what really puzzles me.

Lucas would have been crazy to physically splice in the new scenes rather than make a new print. Even if he wanted to, the restored unaltered print was very fragile, it would have been very risky to cut it any further.

I think the slim box set shows LFL realizes people want both versions. I've even seen the 2004 dvd's being sold individually but with the '06 dvd included. LFL could just say we're no longer selling the originals individually but they go to the trouble of putting them in unlabeled (except for the front sticker) anyways. Maybe the Gout did sell well enough after all.