cap said:
Fortunately, Adywan has given us back the (almost exactly) original version of ESB and an (almost universally seen as) improved version of ANH, with an improved version of ESB on the way.

Er, no. The reason for preserving the original movies is not because they were "better" than the more recent versions (either George's or Ady's). The reason is because they are a part of film history, and represent the state-of-the-art for special effects (and other things such as editing) that won the relevent Academy Awards in 1977. Making a better version is cool, and making a worse version kinda sucks, but neither is relevant to why we are here.

Also, as much as I enjoy Adywan's edit, I still prefer the original. That's not relevent to my point, but it does relate to one of yours.