There is a great article up on Ars Technica that dissects the past and future of the original Star Wars Trilogy and there many different and varied incarnations. As you may or may not know George Lucas in his infinite wisdom has gone back to his original masterpieces and made some drastic changes to their original representations:

Now that that’s out of the way, the article is an interesting read and you should definitely check it out as the idea of maybe getting an original cut the way many of the hardcore fans want it may be a possibility on Blu Ray.