At this point I don’t even care anymore. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that we probably aren’t going to see anything until George kicks the bucket. And as annoyed with him as I am for what he did to this franchise, I don’t wish that on him. I’ll probably have kids of my own old enough to watch the series by the time the OUT comes out, and by then it will probably be some holographic 8K virtual whatever, forget about Blu-ray. That’s fine. I’m just glad this site exists so I’m not stuck with laserdisc transfers in the meantime.
I also can’t shake the feeling George has something to do with it. Even if the movies no longer legally belong to him, Disney and Fox are probably sticking to his vision out of some misplaced sense of loyalty, just because.
I don’t think releasing the OOT alongside “his” versions would be disrespectful. I don’t believe that’s the problem.
Dunno why some people expected an OOT release. The vast majority of people I speak to don’t even know there’s different versions, and releasing them around the same time as TLJ would be sort of pointless.
Exactly!
It would be logical to release them anytime because plenty know the difference and plenty will throw money at Disney and Fox
But are those people enough to justify the costs of a new restoration to Disney? I hope so 😦