The way I see it, come 2020 Disney is officially out of excuses.
It’s still not cool in the meantime if they’re holding it back for that reason, but it’s at least understandable from a business perspective.
In the comment section over at birthmoviesdeath, some people are raising the subject of potential enmity between Fox and Disney. After all, Fox and Marvel hate each other over what’s happened with Fantastic Four. But so far as Star Wars is concerned, the fact that we’ve seen a digital release and two reissues of the 2011 discs should be proof enough that they’d be willing to work together.
Other people in that same comment section debate the likelihood of Lucasfilm’s staff still feeling loyal to George and holding back the OOT as a result. But, like I keep bringing up, John Landis’ quote convinces me that George himself no longer has any say in this matter.