It's funny. I was just thinking to myself today about one of the aspects unique to these boxsets. I couldn't help but think it strange that the original trilogy is still being called the Star Wars Trilogy, considering that LFL is trying so hard to make us think of it as a hexology. Going down that road, I realized that the PT is never really referred to in marketing as such... you know, as its own trilogy, which makes it even weirder to me that the the OT is still being referred to as the Star Wars Trilogy. But I guess the prequels aren't usually lumped together by the marketing machine too much because they've never been released in a boxset before. But it's still weird because you would think they'd finally release one big boxset, I-VI at this point in order to cement the point that they are "supposed" to be watched in numerical order as essentially one big movie. So why are they still acknowledging that these are indeed two separate trilogies? And by calling the OT the Star Wars Trilogy and the PT the Prequel Trilogy, it almost sounds like they're giving more credence to the OT, which is good but doesn't sound like LFL, which leads me to wonder too if this is real or not.
If it is real... meh. Even if there is a restored OOT on these discs, I still probably won't pick them up. I already own the trilogy on DVD three times over: the '04 boxset because I figured that's all we were going to get, laserdisc rips of the '95 Faces set, and the GOUT (which is essentially laserdisc rips of the '95 Faces set ^_~). But honestly, I only have a standard definition television, and the GOUT looks decent enough for me to enjoy it as irritating a release as that was. But I'm done buying Star Wars on DVD. If and when I get an HDTV, I'll want my Star Wars on a format that actually takes advantage of that. If he wants to put the OOT on Blu-Ray... well, that might get my interest. Therefore, whatever is on this new boxset is totally useless to me. Honestly, I believe what several other people have speculated: that this is just a boxset repackaging of the '06 release. Of course, that's kinda funny since their whole big marketing ploy in '06 (besides theatrical versions) was that it was the first time to own the movies individually.
Oh, but the other day, I saw a big Star Wars display in Wal-Mart, advertising owning all six episodes. It seemed strange to me that they'd be hyping the Star Wars movies so big this year (despite The Clone Wars). Maybe this upcoming boxset is why. Maybe they're trying to clear out their old stock.