Originally posted by: WaragainsttheCouncil

adding for Scruffy: Very likely there is digital copies. But it's not burden for Lucas to use the Technicolour source, he already has once. And I bet they have the equipment in LFL to do the scan themselves. Such a restoration is really no skin off his nose...

Yeah, it wouldn't really be burdensome, if it was something he wanted to do. But it might be irksome. By most accounts, the Technicolor masters are in his personal possession, somewhere on his property. The digital stuff is in the possession of his company. I don't know how his personal collection is set up, who has access, etc. If it is true that he doesn't like the O-OT, he may not be inclined to open up the archive again. He may decide the existing digital stuff is good enough, put it out there, and we can always do a better transfer later. But at this point, I'm just guessing at his potential future thoughts.

The one thing that is abundantly clear, though, is that there are several excellent sources for a good DVD or HD release. Claiming the O-OT "doesn't exist anymore" is one of those strongly-clung-to certain points of view.