Thanks for all the info doubleofive. Unfortunate about the 1080p versions arriving a little too late, but what can you do. By the way - are you sure the broadcasts were 1080p and not 1080i? I didn't think anything was broadcasting at 1080p yet, but I'm not really aware of what's going on with European stations.
Either way I'm sure the current ANH: Revisited is fine at its normal DVD resolution and I'm excited to check it out this weekend. I skimmed through the Xvid just to get an idea of what it looks like and was extremely impressed. I am one of those guys who did not like any of the additional CG put into the 97 release, but in Adywan's version it looks a lot more tasteful and blends in better. I have to echo the sentiments of the other folks here who said that Adywan should've done the special editions to begin with!