Baronlando said:

This is really not that complicated. They don't have to split the atom to do this. They will not lose money on it. They will not need much effort to do it. They do it all the time, I just came from Burbank where every day the labs are churning out this exact work for tons of movies you've never heard of. It's not a big deal. Sansweet and the junior sansweets are painting it as some unreasonable thing when it's just not.

Exactly.

I'd rather watch "Paths of Glory" in HD if I am able rather than SD because although it is a good film in any resolution it becomes a greater film when the subtleties of detail can be appreciated in their original form.

If a classic B&W Kubrick movie from 1957 can get the "treatment" there is zero excuse for a classic flick from 1977 not to receive it other than stubbornness and feigning faux scarceness.

Honestly, it just wears what little respect I had for Lucasfilm down to zilch knowing that they just don't care enough to preserve and release the OT in unaltered and highest quality possible. It's a pity, because Lucas was once my inspiration for making my own movies, but I end up lampooning him.

Anyway, I moved on and so has my wallet.