When the Original Trilogy makes its way to 4K, it will, without a doubt, be the 2011 Special Edition. However, do you think it’s possible that Disney and Lucasfilm will at least correct both the colors and sound mixes to match the theatrical presentations and sound far less compressed?
It’s going to be from an entirely newer scan of the negative, so they’ll have to redo the color-correction anyway.
As for the sound mix, your guess is as good as mine.
True, but I do believe they did a good clean up on the original negatives back when the first Special Edition in 1997 was done.
How is that relevant to color correcting the new xfer?
Because they could go back to the prints that were cleaned up for the 1997 re-releases as the main source for the 4K remaster, as well as the inclusion of the 2004/2011 changes. The only thing that I seriously hope does not happen is that a teal effect is added to the already incorrect color grading of the trilogy. I’ve noticed for 4K remasters of older films that an apparent teal effect is applied to the picture for unknown reasons. Some good examples include Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the older Batman movies.