Alderaan said:
To put things in perspective, it was 6 years between the time George released the GOUT and the time he sold all rights to Disney. It has now been 5 years since Disney took over, and still no OOT.Considering their films are barely better than the prequels, which is not saying much, this lack of action should be considered an outrage.
Here’s some perspective:
Fox owns distribution rights to the original Star Wars, No. 4 in the series, in perpetuity in all media worldwide. And as for the five subsequent movies, Fox has theatrical, nontheatrical and home video rights worldwide through May 2020.
While the rights on those five films eventually will revert to Disney, that “in perpetuity” pact for the first film appears to be an obstacle to Disney releasing a complete set – unless a deal can be made.