It may not be a lie from where Mr. Singh is sitting; consider the idea that Lucas has said that the LaserDisc source is the only one he is making available for the DVD. In that scenario, it is the best restoration available to the team that has pushed this idea this far. It seems that we have like-minded people within Lucasfilm but that they are being denied, too (even if they are only in it for the money, I'd see no reason that there wouldn't be people pushing for the best quality possible).

Ok, fine, but what they are saying is that this is the best that that they can do and Lucas is leaning on him. That doesn't change the fact that there are better prints, and saying that that the LD master are the best that they have is a lie, pure and simple.

It seems likely that Lucas is afraid that the market (read: "the fans to whom he's been a god all of these years") might prefer the OOT to his "artistic intentions" and deny the SEs in their choice of which version to buy. The issue seems to lie with Lucas alone.

True, but consider his MTV comments. He really doesn't think that there is anyone interested in the OOT. God willing, this release will prove him wrong.

Amen and amen. We can keep complaining here in the forum, or we can try to take this battle to Lucas by writing to the media.

This isn't over. Lucas has lowered his defenses with the 2006 release. Lets rush him. Who knows? Maybe, at some point before hell freezes over, we can see a proper release of the OOT. Maybe we can still win this. And call me Mike

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If this release sells well, which it just might, then maybe Lucas will star to get the message ever so slightly.