Originally posted by: Jumpman

"please someone tell me what's prevented LFL over all these years from remastering the OUT."

Because, he didn't want to. The Special Edition is closer to what he wanted all along, from the beginning. He feels this is what HE wants to see out there in the general public when it comes to Star Wars.
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Jumpman, you were one of those fans in April '06 who told many of us here, "He will never release the OOT, and he said it a couple years ago, so get over it!"

See this is why none of us can take anything Lucas says at face value. I honestly don't know for sure what is going to happen in the future sets. He may just make more cosmetic changes, he may do nothing, he may put The Emperor in ANH and disbanning the senate, etc.

Lucasfilm is all about marketing, and don't be deceived by that, this is the first time that something SW didn't sell well, and people didn't just jump out in droves and buy something cause they knew it was half-ass.

And as to your point about everybody going crazy over wanting the OOT on DVD as many of us, of course not, but that doesn't mean people still dont' want and prefer it. Most people prefer the OOT, but don't mind the SE, but the word prefer does mean they like it over the SE. I didn't send any letters to Spielberg when it was announced that only the SE was being released for E.T. in 2002, and the original versions was not. But I still wanted the Original Version, and prefer, but I am just not as passionate about it as I was with SW movies. Remember 80,000+ signed this petition, and there are load of non-passionate SW fans who would agree that the OOT should be on DVD in great quality, so the minority is fans that PREFER the SE.

I will ask this, If Lucas only released the OOT in 2004, and never released the SE, do you honestly think there would be as huge an outcry by the fans as there is now?