Lucasfilm's Steve Sansweet appeared at the San Diego Comic-Con and confirmed that the "Star Wars" animated series is now scheduled to premiere in 2008 while the live action series will begin sometime before 2010.
An article that explains what exactly changed from the 1977 version of A New Hope versus the 2004 Special Edition. On September 12, the unaltered Star Wars will come out on DVD. This article also has over 100 pictures to compare the two versions.