Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

What gets me are the people that will fork out $75 for deleted scenes. Is there any other movie in the history of moviedom for which people will spend that kind of money on low res versions of bits that were thrown out? I know we're star wars nerds and all, but geez in a normal world that stuff is worthy of being a free download.

Not to mention that a lot of the scenes were deleted FOR A REASON - mostly because the scenes sucked, or they didn't add ANYTHING to the narrative or character arcs (like the pointless Jabba scene in ANH). As much as I love the OT, the editors back then (unlike the people responsible for the prequels) knew what sucked and what had to be cut out to make the film good.

Take the deleted scene of Han and Leia in the corridor on Hoth - we're already told enough about the state of their relationship from the bits that ARE included in the film. If that deleted scene had been added, it just would have dragged on (like the prequels do). Not to mention that somehow, the acting in that scene (particularly from Harrison Ford, oddly enough) is VERY sub-par, and dare I say, prequel-Portman-ish. So I'm glad it's cut, and there's no way in hell I'd buy a bloated blu-ray release of some bastardized versions of some otherwise great movies just to see them.