You also have the '97SE Laserdiscs for many original scenes, I've heard they shouldn't have the smearing which the broadcasts display.

It's really frustrating, the thing is that you could probably make a very solid transfer if you took the best parts of all various LD's as every transfer have its own set of problems, but there's such an massive undertaking if you would and even then you end up with just a solid transfer in LD-resolution.

Maybe George Lucas should release these films in good quality afterall, so we all can enjoy them again. I've heard some companies do such things with old classics. ;)