Honestly I don't see what the big deal is? So what if a few scenes were changed. So yeah, a few were messed up... But so many more were made better, the picture quality is amazing, so what's the big kriffing deal? The Yavin battle is amazing, the old shots are still great; I don't understand how a few lines of extra dialogue and one stupid Rodian shooting his gun makes something go from great to horrible.
Granted Lucas is a prick for not releasing both versions. I can't comprehend why he doesn't... besides.. If I were him, I'd release both just to get people to shut up.