Alderaan said:

I think watching Star Wars is a little different than watching something like The Godfather, don't you think?

Absolutely. One of them looks and sounds like it did in theatres (although some argue this point because they don't think the yellow tint is from bulb-matching), and one of them clearly doesn't, which is rather the point.

EDIT: If you're talking about "looking dated", you simply need to look at the haircuts. They are movies from the seventies. The VFX, editing, haircuts and fashions are all dead giveaways. I'm sure it's possible to give everyone a digital haircut, freshen up the fashions and color schemes a bit, do some more jump cuts and fewer wipes, and remove the matte lines, but that would just turn it into a seventies movie trying to be a modern movie (and failing). Which, in a lot of ways, is one of the primary problems with the Special Editions. To focus exclusively on matte lines is really no different than focusing exclusively on haircuts. It's the same "I don't like the look of films from that period" writ small. Not that it isn't a valid opinion to have, but that's what it is.

It's also not my intention to be dismissive of your opinion, just of the idea that you can extrapolate/evangelize your opinion to what everyone else might want. Heck, I wouldn't mind changes to the originals myself (no cue marks, no gate weave, no burn marks, some dirt & scratch removal), but I know there's plenty who would disagree with me on some or all of these.