It's very surreal to think about. It reminds me of a few years back when fans were transferring unplayed vinyl boxsets of Beatles albums and very, very carefully restoring them so that they reproduced the warmth, EQ and general ambience of the vinyl editions in a digital format.

The Beatles remasters were released in 2009 but boy, there was heated arguments about how invasive the noise reduction was, how harsh the compression was and whether or not background errors like chairs and sniffs should've been edited out or left in. In a way, we got revisions, rather than a restoration much like the trilogy. I mean, for pities sake, they took away the crackle on John's wail during 'She's So Heavy', a crackle that was proven to be part of the original vocal take and not an error during the final mix as it can be heard in the isolated vocals of the multi-tracks.

So, yeah, it seems the fans have created the best quality versions of Star Wars available and may well be able to hold that title forever.

Mike, it's up to you to make them see sense...