http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/122216_1630

Bill Hunt is hopeful for theatrical Star Wars in 4K.

Here is the relevant part:

“Speaking of Star Wars, this is a very interesting (and completely unsurprising) revelation: The Little White Lies website has a new interview with director Gareth Edwards in which he reveals that Lucasfilm has a brand new 4K restoration of A New Hope. It’s not clear if this is the original 1977 version or some version of the Special Edition, but in order to even be able to create a 4K Special Edition, you’d have to first scan all the original negative in 4K. And Disney is not the kind of studio that takes a chance of losing their most valuable film assets. So we would bet a lot of money they have an original version in 4K, and probably Empire and Jedi too. When we might see them is a different question.”

Obviously he isn’t speaking from a position of inside knowledge, but I trust him to know what he’s talking about.