my sense of lucas is that sadly he'll never put out the OOT. he's a stubborn bastard who has said time and again that the SEs (or the SSEs on DVD, or whatever you call them) are his definitive versions of the films. He has little to no respect for the OOT's place in both film history and the hearts and minds of millions of fans.

however, he has always talked about the mega boxed set of all six films. In fact, I recall an interview long ago with Rick McCallum where he described such a release as a "film school in a box"--if that were to come to be, something really huge and comprehensive, probably with the advent of the next DVD format, then perhaps they'd be included in that set.

since finding myspleen and OT.com, though, who needs a lucas release--we've got all the OOT we could ask for right here!