Jetrell Fo said:

My opinion is this,

The S.E. should stand on it's own as a "could've been" treat for all the fans.

It should never have been something to base a whole new set of changes on. If Lucas wanted to "fix" the Trilogy, he should have allowed those who worked on them originally to make use of the new technology and find a way to incorporate those creations back in replacing the original elements that might need fixing/updating....this way, it would have enabled a better transition between the look and feel of the Prequel Trilogy and the Original Trilogy.

Doing this would also have allowed all those people whose hard work got butchered the opportunity to keep the respect that was taken from them and their creations and George Lucas could have kept his credibility as the guy who stood up against bastardizing film history.

I agree. It's the same way with Star Trek. All those glorious effects shots that looked great through the 60s and 70s reruns were stripped out and replaced by fakey CGI in the current DVDs. At least Paramount didn't have the gall to muck up the scripts, add new scenes, etc.