As for why? I can only guess money and having something "new" in preparation/promotion for Rising. I guess chances are they run a TV edition of Rebellion just after this too...
LOL at the re-compilation news. I get that they want money out of it but it’s just so pointless from an artistic standpoint. Just watch the films if you want the animation/soundtrack; there’s no reason to watch a poor imitation of the TV format otherwise.
I do like that they’re at least keeping Magia as the ED. So much has changed and yet some things always stay the same.
From what I remember the biggest blemishes of the movies to me were 1) skipping the opening dream sequence 2) the flashback not really working as well as the original standalone episode (including the Connect as ED situation), even though they tried to make it artsy with the new "I miss you" sequence.
If they address those (add dream back and keep flashback as separate episode) then at the very least I would be interested in seeing how this recut back to TV format works.