What Lucas claims is also not quite true I believe. There actually exsist copies and some of them are in hands of private individuals. Good informational site btw -
http://savestarwars.com/
He does everything to not to release the Original Trilogy (unaltered) ultimately the fans are extremaly upset and many dislike his additions in SE's so they're making their own fan-edits. I'm following guy called Adywan who's now working on ESB:R (Empire Strikes Back: Revisited) since 2008 now. He has thousands of followers and his crew. He's basically investigating WHOLE movie. There ain't such shot which hasn't been improved somehow. He tried to make it the way it was originally but cooler (for example updating lightsabers and laser bolts which Lucas didn't do in all those SE's and rereleases of SE's for some reason. and thats the least of it. check out his screenshot and video compares). That guy with his crew and fans basically know every single frame of Star Wars OT movies (I'm not joking) and he's making better version with his zero budget that multibillionaire Lucas :doh: