As far as if Lucas was really concerned with piracy and/or actually cared about how the originals are presented (I agree that he is bitter towards fans that dont like the PT, but it also seems that he's abandoned the OT all together, not just in the sense that he has his 'new improved' versions, but that he really wants star wars to be defined by his new work, the PT, cause he thinks feels its more creative and a better movie/story), but i degress. So what i think he should have done is started working on the OT DVD's when he started working on episode I, and then stuck to the whole after episode III release. This way, even with a B-Team working on them, they would have tons of time to clean the film, sharpen the color, enhance the sound, fix slight special effects things that dont effect the story (lightsabers they missed colorizing, matte lines, and stuff like that) This of course would all be done to the original theatrical releases. then release this ultimate dvd (heck, it could even contain the theatrical and special editions like so many other dvds do now-a-days). But thats just what I would have done.
-Darth Simon