bigbaddaddyvader said:

And I dont buy all this shit about the garbage mattes.You know the people who complain about that and about noticing it now should take this into account.When I was a kid I didn't notice them and I have noticed that my sons don't bother about them either-all they see are TIE fighters and X-Wings and my son was open-mouthed with how cool the skeleton fight in Argonauts was.Perhaps those looking at these films now and moaning about garbage mattes could try looking at them that way?

Hmm. Lemme try...

Nope. Didn't work. I guess I'll have to continue moaning.

For the record, removing the garbage mattes is the only change that I think should be made to the OT for a proper home release. That's it. This is not a slippery slope. I still say it's a result of the movies being brightened for TV viewing.

Erikstormtrooper said:

Does anyone remember seeing matte lines when the SE was shown in theaters? I don't. But we know from the 04 DVDs (based on the SE negatives) that they were still there.

This question still stands.