as for the OOT, i don't get why he can't just restore the relevant sections of the OOT and splice them into the clean version of the SSE from the DVD release. (that's a lot of three-letter acronyms!) unless the SSEs have transformed the films to the point where they're not recognizable as the originals...
and personally, i'd be happy if he just put them out without a major restoration. a minor restoration HAS to run much cheaper, or better yet, no restoration at all. or just use the LD source.
him putting them out would be an admission that they exist, which is to me the biggest hurdle here, that he insists on eradicating film history for the sake of his "vision."