BmB said:

And really, any "restoration" that is sourced off a DVD or BD is questionable to me. Because try as you might, once those blacks have been crushed, they are never coming back. No matter how carefully you colour correct it.

Not so: while in the DVD and HDTV versions the blacks were crushed beyond repair, it was discovered that much of the shadow detail is actually intact in the Bluray versions, and can be made visible again through careful gamma adjustment. The reason behind this is that the 2004 scan did indeed capture the full luminance range of the film, but came out too dark because they were apparently over-cautious about not clipping the white levels, and then failed to compensate for this later on. In the earlier releases the dark areas were eaten up by video noise and could not be recovered, but the Bluray has a high enough bitrate that the shadow detail was preserved, even though it remained invisible until the gamma correction brought it out again.

Because of this, it is indeed possible to watch a high quality version of SW with proper contrast. True, it isn't as perfect a result as would be obtained from a new film scan, but it's a huge improvement over what is commercially available, and a giant step toward making the movie look like itself again. When you combine that with the original colour timing, original sound mixes, and the fantastic work of restoring/recreating the original special effects and editing, recommending the Despecialized Edition 2.0 is a no-brainer. ;)