That was my point. We don’t know the details and revenue that they get with their distribution deal. And Disney might believe that releasing this year and taking advantage of the 40th anniversary might be better for them than waiting until 2020.
Now, do I think it’s happening this year? No, I’ve pretty much lost all confidence in Disney/Lucasfilm. I just wanted to point out that it makes a lot of sense, marketing-wise, to release them now.
It’s entirely possible, and they’re not going to have another lull between movies until after IX. Indeed the time to do it would be now. They’ve already said they’re not doing a double-dip of Rogue One like they did with TFA, which kinda leaves the latter half of the year wide open.
Like I said before, I could totally see them putting out a regular 1080p blu-ray of the OOT this year because of the guaranteed dollars it would bring in, even if they have to share some of it with Fox. They would still have a UHD in their back pocket waiting to be released after May of 2020.