No debate here. I consider myself "middle of the road" too, but apparently it's a very wide middle.
I majored in film production in college, and all through it I tried to focus on special effects photography because Star Wars and my own hobby of building models was what got me interested in film and FX in the first place.
I can appreciate the SE changes from a technical and somewhat creative standpoint - matte cleanup, a lot of the re-done shots in the DS battle, expanded Cloud City entrance, etc. - without blindly agreeing with the character and story oriented changes like Greedo shooting first or Boba's "Jango" voice. I don't care one way or the other that there was a floating droid added behind the sandtroopers in Mos Eisley or that the continuity of the added windows in Cloud City isn't flawless. I appreciate the desire and effort to make the changes even if the end result wasn't what it could have been. As I said, I build models and it's a given in that hobby that every build is a learning experience one way or another. You learn from your mistakes. The SE changes are in the same vein - the desire to improve the original is admirable, it's just the execution went a bit awry here and there.
At the same time though, I can fully appreciate the desire to have the original theatrical version - warts and all - presented in its best possible light for no other reason than historical preservation. ANH was one of the first 25 films inducted into the National Archives of Film History PRIOR to the '97 SE's. That in itself is enough reason it should be given a proper DVD release. ESB and ROTJ complete the set, so obviously those need proper preservation as well.
Until such time though, Adywan's ANH:R is the perfect compromise between a proper restoration/preservation of ANH and the technical repairs and improvements of the SE's. I'm sure his ESB:R and ROTJ:R will be equally as well done as ANH:R was.
The prequels were fun to watch, but I didn't grow up with them so I don't feel that "connection" with those films as I do with the OT. Sure they have their flaws, but the OT has its share of zits and scars when you look real close, too, and not just technical/production issues.
As for EU, I used to collect the comics but I gave up on that a long time ago, mostly because of space and finances - I found I was spending so much money and using so much space accumulating these things but didn't have the time to enjoy reading them. Since then, other real world issues have taken priority. I don't hate the EU, I just don't have the time to invest in it beyond glancing at it in the bookstore every now and then.
So put me in the "middle of the road", but drifting from lane to lane depending on the traffic flow.