I don't really care what the intentions of the filmmakers are--the film is what it is. And that's what I want to see--not the film they wanted to make, but the film they did make.
Anything less and anything more isn't a preservation or a restoration in my book. It has it's own merit perhaps, but it's different. There's a name for it--Special Edition. There's already two of them for Star Wars. The kind described here is interesting in its own right but not the same as a restoration or preservation. In fact, the opposite in some ways.