I apologize for having such a "newbie" question, but are the GOUT releases cropped because that's how the letterbox '93 transfers always looked on home video, or because they were always non-anamorphic to begin with? What would have happened had Lucasfilm made GOUT versions anamorphic on the 2006 DVD's? Because from the looks of it, it doesn't seem like we would have gotten more (horizontal) picture anyway if the '93 transfer was already cropped to begin with.

From reading this topic, it seems all home video releases of GOUT are cropped in one way or another =/

Anyways, I apologize if there is something I'm not understanding here. I still have a lot to learn about the various aspect ratios, and how classic films are adapted for home video (and how they were prior to more modern formats like DVD/BD).