First archived sign of life: June 24, 2002
Join the effort to bring the unaltered Star Wars trilogy to DVD in 2005.
Domain Registered : May 22, 2002
Seems like this was before any official announcement of the 2004s had taken place.
*EDIT*
Official DVD announcement: Feb 10, 2004
http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/news/2004/02/news20040210.html
This used to be the official announcement.
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