Also: I'll watch when I can get it on HD-DVD. I have no desire to watch a 30 year old show edited and with commercials, even if there are new effects.

Anyway, in my opinion, with the exception of Greedo shooting first, ANH special edition was a definite improvement over the original. I LOVE Star Wars but those fx looked dated by the early 80's. The extra scenes were really cool because it was our first new Star Wars in 12 years and they actually added to the movie. But as the SE trilogy progressed, the bonuses got more forced. The reason is by the time he did the original Empire and Jedi, he HAD the money he needed to make the movies he wanted, with some minor exceptions. So there was very little to add or fix on those two, and anything added to them was just a gimmick to get people into theaters.

Now, I think the added scenes in Empire are pretty good too, with the exception of Luke screaming as he fell and Fett's redubbed voice (travesty), but Jedi just got fucked over. In fact, I can't remember one addition to Jedi that I think enhanced it. If I remember right, there's the herd of banthas (kinda cool but unnecessary), the gay Sarlaac face, and the musical number. That's it, right? Not a single addition that added to that film. The cleaned up fx were nice, but they didn't even clean up the most glaring mistakes.