ChainsawAsh said:

Bingowings said:

it had a nice editorial comparing the 3Dising of classic 2D films to Ted Turner scribbling pastel shades over monochrome classics

That's good. That's pretty much exactly how I feel about it.

That's not the same. Ted Turner bought the films and changed them against the wishes of their owners. This is totally different--the owners are changing them on their own will. The important thing is that the original versions remain available, and in Lucas' case that issue has existed for over a decade and a half before the 3D release came along so there's absolutely no change in philosophy here.

Its like when Ray Harryhausen colourized one of his films recently, I forget which one. Earth Men on the Moon? But he said he always wanted to have filmed it in colour, but they couldn't afford colour film back in 1950-something when it was made. He didn't like the colourization methods of the 1980s because they didn't look good but now digital technology allows it to be done convincingly. The films does indeed look very impressive in colour. The black and white original is preserved on a second disc in a restored version for those that don't want an updated version.

Lucas isn't doing this, but whether the SE was in two dimensions or three, such would be the case, so the dimensionalizing process really is irrelevant to this discussion.