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Over at OriginalTrilogy.com they have a PR Response from Lucasfilm. Lines of note:
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... the Special Editions were created through a frame-by-frame digital restoration. The negatives of the movies were permanently altered for the creation of the Special Editions, and existing prints of the first versions are in poor condition.

It's not that they are lost, it's that they don't want to take the time to do it right.

Also known as... we'll do it sloppy the first time around. Everyone will buy a copy, anyway. Then, in a few years, we'll do it properly, and re-release them, and everyone will buy a new copy again.

Jaded? Me?