nickyd47 said:
Fox kept the original clippings of the OOT all these years and Mike Verta was requested to have a meeting by officials that were interested in his restoration… but none of this indicates anything.You’re right, it means nothing. From the mid-1990s until 2017, Fox has had the original cut frames in their possession, and in all 20-something of those years, the OOT was never restored and never released. And as far as anyone knows, absolutely nothing came of Mike Verta’s meeting.
There is literally no evidence to suggest that the OOT has been restored or will ever be released by Disney. None.
They did nothing with the clippings because George Lucas said so. Fox may have rights to A New Hope forever but George Lucas had the power to put out whatever version he saw fit and had the power to keep the other versions off the market.
Oops.