vote_for_palpatine said:

But to play devil's advocate, Puggo (or anyone else), what do you say to those who would say "But you've got the GOUT."?

My answer is twofold... first, it ISN'T the movie we saw in the theaters because the image (and sound) quality of the original film was itself part of what made SW a milestone - it was not the grungy old school look that the GOUT has decieved many into believing it was (and intentionally, I might add). And second, given that virtually every other major motion picture of SW's importance has been afforded proper restoration, it is wrong that SW has not.

With only the GOUT to go on, Lucas has succeeded in getting many people to draw incorrect conclusions about the state of filmmaking art in 1977. That is true (and successful) revisionism.