Zottig said:

As it is it's inconceivable Lucas went cheap and only scanned such an important film at only 2k just because two of his precious prequels were limited to 1080p.

Oh, it's even worse than that. The 1997 YCM Labs version was at 2K, back when the scanning tech was in its infancy. But the new 2004 master was made at just 1080p. See zombie's excellent article:

http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/savingstarwars.html

Anyway - I broadly sympathize but think that if the price higher quality is a much smaller audience, then Harmy's project has not fulfilled its mission, and concur with Puggo about the importance of the AVCHD release. Can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good; the AVCHD version is not akin to the 128kbps bladeenc mp3s of yesteryear, and not even to the much better quality v0 lame mp3s of today...