Someone on home theater forum said if we support the blu ray of the special editions there would be a chance Lucas would take that money and restore the originals at a later date.

If that was true he could have used the money he got on the 1997 theatrical release, or 2004 DVD release. The fact the films are still rotting in a vault someplace says to me its a bogus idea that person had.

In fact its more likely Lucas will release the 2004 without any fixes beyond a new and even worse audio mix for episode IV a new hope, formerly known as star wars. He will take the money and run, "a fool and his money are soon parted".

If smaller studios and companies releasing silent and black and white films and take incredible care in doping so like Kino, or a smaller catalog company like Criterion, then there is zero excuse for a company like Lucasfilm with billions in revenue not to release the theatrical cuts of all the films, including the prequels and 1997 special editions.

If films like Blade Runner and 2001 which barely turned a profit can be restored and issued on blu ray why not the 3 most popular films in motion picture history, the star wars trilogy 77-83.