The 1997 SE isn't too offensive I guess - at least the colour timing was nice. The 2004 versions though are so incredibly shoddy and caused so much damage to the quality and consistency of the films. Widely regarded as among the worst transfers ever done for a major release. And it looks like we'll be stuck with them on the blu ray as well. Which I will *NOT* be buying.

For me the biggest offensive issue is not that Lucas changed his films, its more that the changes are all so poorly done. Its ironic that they used new technology badly to change things that old technology got right. Lucas claims to be the father of digital cinema but he clearly has a very poor understanding of it.