Honestly, Lucas can stick his CGI cock into the movies all he wants... but PLEASE, just offer the original movies in blu-ray. Unfucked, with the exception of the cleanup treatment.... unless someone has a VHS upconverter for me.
The pre-1997 changes were very small - such as adding 'A New Hope' to the scroll at the beginning of Star Wars (1977). Other small changes were in the editing (straight cuts instead of wipes/fades, and vice versa), different Tie Fighter sounds, etc. The 1997 Special Editions changed characterizations - Greedo Shooting…