To be fair to Lucasfilm, what they gave us was decent enough for 2004 standards, and was only intended to be for DVD. The fact they couldn’t be bothered to do a proper restoration for HD is where the issue lies.
You must have a different 2004 DVD than I do, because what I have was unnecessary and unforgivable for any era, and most of it still rippled into the Blu-Ray even now.