CatBus said:

In spite of being derived from some Special Edition sources, I feel that the Despecialized Editions more accurately represent the theatrical experience than anything else out there.

This. Harmy's DE is what I remember SW looking like when it was first released in theaters. It didn't start looking "bad" until the prints started getting beat up over the course of a couple of years of showing over and over.

Otherwise, how on earth could Lucasfilm have made the blu ray look as sharp as it does, if the original film wasn't as least as sharp? You can't go in and make a better CGI Luke!