I must agree that the sheer existence of a "Special Edition" (or whatever they want to call it) of any film isn't in any way offensive as long as the original is available in the same quality.

I wouldn't mind watching a version of Citizen Kane or Casablanca or Indiana Jones or STAR WARS for that matter, that was digitally altered to look like it was shot yesterday, but only if I had the choice of watching the originals in the same quality.

It would actually be kind of cool to see. Kind of like revisited - I'm not a huge fan of the concept but I'll definitely watch ESB:R with great interest when it comes out. It will be a great deal of fun to watch the film that way but it will most likely not become my preferred version.