I'm excited. I wonder if this is a rerelease of the X-Wing Collectors Series which came out in 1998 and still works on Windows today. I actually own that one. It uses DirectX and the XWVTF engine which is good but they replaced the original menu screens in game with ones that weren't as good and they replaced the awesome dynamic midi soundtrack with tracks from the films. The gameplay itself is pretty much the same but the changes to the menus and soundtrack are quite apparent.
Either way it's great that GOG is releasing them, but I'm going to be a bit less excited if I find out they are the slightly less good Collector's Series versions.
Edit:
Nevermind. I guess I didn't read close enough. They are the special editions.
For that price you're getting not just the special editions of the games (which had slightly higher resolutions and improved sound, as well all of both games' expansions), but more importantly they'll be editions of the games that will run on a modern PC without the need to tinker