Originally posted by: CO
This sounds like a way to get rid of any extra SE disks they have in stock, and if they repackage them in a new case, the completists out there will eat them up.

I see the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is being released on DVD this fall for the Christmas Season, as I think Lucas is taking a break with any new SW release to pump up interest in Indy IV. That means Indy IV & the new Indy Boxset will come to DVD next fall, so I am starting to believe the rumored boxset may not come til 2009. Think about it, Lucas puts out one new release every year on DVD:

TPM - 2001
AOTC - 2002
Indy Boxset - 2003
OT/SE - 2004
ROTS - 2005
GOUT - 2006
Young Indy Chronicles - 2007
Indy IV - 2008

Sorry guys, but even though it is not confirmed they will ever remaster the OOT, we may have to wait till the HD/BluRay format war is ended to see something new from SW. IMO

I think another issue is that how many copies of Star Wars does the average person want? I mean, you have the the '04 release, the '05 re-release without bonus disc, then the GOUT with non-remastered laserdisc rip OOT. Most people who wanted Star Wars has it by now. I'd be suprised if the completist-collector's market has enough to make another release profitable. So Lucasfilm might be waiting for the format war to end, and the winning format to get into a certain number of homes for the new release with new bonus features, etc.