Thanks for the responses. I was aware that the original theatrical cuts came out on DVD some years ago, but I believe they were from LAserdisc versions?And that fans were enraged or something?

Are these "unaltered" versions that bad? I have a pretty nice LCD tv and sound system so I would like to show my bud something decent. The Adywan (sp?) Star Wars Revisited looks fantastic, but it's not really my style - all the new improvements, edits (lots of explosions it seemed too.) I really just want this kid to experience STAR WARS for the first time the way I did.

Which means I should show him a full-screen Beta max copy, but I'm trying to do better than that :)