Taking great care to be true to the original is still not the same as the original.

Of course it's not, but the point is that you said that you didn't see how it was different from "George's line" when it quite clearly is. Lucas modifies Star Wars to bring it in line with what he claims to be his original vision. What Paramount is doing is in no way comparable. The originals were not in HD, and as your opinion is...

my opinion in this case would honestly be, "Well, it wasn't made to be seen in HD? Too bad. It is what it is." I certainly don't see it as at all necessary.

... I don't see why you care enough to bother to post in the Blu-ray thread and argue about it. If that's your view, an HD version couldn't possibly satisfy you Just be happy with the DVDs.

It's not necessary for Star Wars to go through post production again to have a quality release.

Tell that to the people arguing in the General Star Wars section whether or not recomping the original effects digitally would count as the original or is something that needs to be done. Or tell it to the fandom at large, many of whom DID and DO feel that the CG updates were necessary for the films to exist in this modern world.

You missed the point. All of the original effects are on the original negative (and/or whatever prints survive), so an HD version could be made without redoing all the effects. That's not the case for TNG: the effects are not part of the negative. They were done on video.