Words can hardly express my joy. My hypothesis has been proven wrong ... that he was waiting for Blu-Ray to release this. Apparently Lucas is making one final cash-grab before DVD gets relegated to the dust-bin of history. I for one will be pre-ordering the moment it goes onto Amazon. And once my money officially places it on hold, I will feel justified in selling off my 2004 set while I can still get a wee bit of cash for it. Given that the new set will have both editions, I don't mind at all. My two versions of E.T. co-exist peacefully, even if one never gets played.
Now, the big question remains: will the "unaltered" trilogy be truly unaltered as Daniel B. (like Voldemort, I do not fear to speak that evil name) would have it, or will the garbage mattes be removed as part of color correction. I'm all for the removal of garbage mattes. My question from 18 months ago stands: For how many of you would that constitute an "altered" trilogy, vs being the O-OT?
Other smaller questions remain:
Will there be an optional angle with the original crawl in Star Wars?
Will there be options for the original sound mixes (including the rare mono mix)?
What will Beru sound like?
Will Luke say Blast it Biggs or Blast it Wedge?
Will Artoo not taste good, or will he just be lucky to get out of there?
Will the lightsabers and explosions be the right color?
Will we all get invited to The Ranch for the premiere?