I think he meant the restored original elements. But you're right about that in a way, the original footage that was cut out or replaced with CG for the SE wasn't restored the way the other footage was, although not all of it would have necessarily needed to be restored.

The ironic part is that if there ever is a new release of the OOT from the original elements, it will actually be the very first restoration of Star Wars. Neither SEs are restorations because their whole point was to change things and create new footage. So we'll have to do a real restoration because of the previous "restoration."