I'm not going to go into an emotional rollercoaster, but I will say this.
I am skeptical about this, because I can almost sense that although this is what we wanted, it will not be how we wanted it.
Furthermore, I do not like that comment about "state-of-the-art of 1993". If this comment has any truth to it, this is stating clearly they are not going back to any original film stock, and that they will return to some archived master they made in 93 for the then LD and VHS releases. If this is the case that is lazy and poor.
And I say it for this reason:
Lucasfilm & Fox should be treating this like any other lot of popular 70s and 80s movies clean-DVD release (in the sense some effort goes into presenting it well). Get the best original material you can for both video and audio, and clean it up. Just clean, do not alter. Touching up frame-by-frame a really bad dust scratch or mark is cleaning up. Changing colour tones so a faded black becomes a true black, and so that someone's face doesn't look orange is cleaning. This is what is done on all good restorations.
But based on what info we have so far, they're not even going to do that. I mean on one hand they advertise this, like a slap in the face for anyone who has used the term 'Han Shoots First', by putting it on a T-Shirt, but then saying that they're releasing the OOT as a 'bonus feature' of single release 2004-Edittion discs is a joke. No doubt a smug move by Lucasfilm brass.
Lastly, if anyone wants to know what I'm trying to mean when i say "clean it up", just get the first releases of the "Dollars Trilogy" that MGM released on DVD, then get the Special Editions that were released as a SONY/MGM release not all that long ago. Awesome clean-up job.
And for those pedantic people, I know that the newer "Good, Bad, & the Ugly" release contains never before seen in the USA footage, BUT it is included because it is as close to the original premiere and original CUT that Sergio Leone had made, and that was only seen in Italy, before the UnitedArtists butchered it for US audiences i.e the Original version of that film finally on DVD.
OK....I've ranted enough.
RATLSNAKE