Then again I’d think if they’re willing to spend money to restore it they’d release it yes??
That’s exactly what I was thinking. “Restore” not only implies “release” but also leaves no room for them to pull something similar to the GOUT.
For example, if we only say “release on blu-ray” they might just keep it to a 2k “restoration” from inferior elements. The OOT deserves the highest quality treatment from the best existing film sources. If there’s already a 4k master of George’s preferred version, we shouldn’t accept anything less for the unaltereds.
I really think this is expecting too much of the response to the letter. What is realistic, is the hope that we might uncover the intentions of Disney/Fox/Lucasfilm regarding a future OOT restoration/release. The idea that this letter is seriously going to influence those intentions is pretty fanciful imo. It’s not like they’re going to halt any potential release based on a 2K source for the OOT, because a group of fans put the words “restoration” in a letter rather than “blu-ray release”.