The sad reality to the whole thing is the fact that Star Wars isn't the only film being used as toilet paper. It's probably just the most blatant in it's desecration. Nearly every film I have on Blu Ray is a bastardized mess that has been chopped, scrubbed, and slapped together in some Frankenstein creation that isn't original.
It's ridiculous that they can get away with that in film. It would be like buying a new release of an album you really love, only to find out that all the instruments have been re-recorded and sections of the songs where re-written. It happens quite often, but not at the level it does in film.
You can almost guarantee something was fucked with on each consecutive release.
It's pretty sad that fans with "lesser" materials are doing a better job than the people with resources galore.