Okay I'll try to express my feelings about this matter in the "best" english I can...

Da Vinci did not try to sell his Mona Lisa in VHS, then in Laserdisc, then in VHS widscreen, then in VHS 97SE, then in DVD 2004SE, then in DVD 2004SE+poor 2006 original transfer... I can understand that an artist wants to give his fans the best version (or what he think it is the best version) of his work. But when it's turning to an easy cash cow, people have the right to be angry. Of course we are not forced to buy (I still did not buy the GOUT for I have nice original widescreen VHS). Shit, I guess I'll buy the blue Ray though.....

From an artistic point of view I think, like C3PX, that once a movie is becoming a big part of the pop culture, it should always be available in its original form (the one that made it popular). It's like preserving an ancient monument. If the artist wants to add something to it, fine, but I feel that not making the original available is something wrong.

BUT, some could also say that if in 300 years from now people still want to watch Star Wars, they probably will not care if it's the 1977 version or the 2004 version. Both will looks antique! And maybe no more avalaibe in the current "video" fomat anyway. But if the artist wants his latest version to be THE version that last, can he really be blamed for that?