Mavimao said:

1) Uh no, they don't need to. Hell, they converted Ep2 to freakin' IMAX! They can use the 1080p masters with decent results.

2) Look at point 1. Point moot.

3) Practically all the effects were recomposited for the 97 re release.

4) Seeing the sales for the Blu Ray...fat chance. People will still go and watch these movies. Although, if anything, they might push George Lucas to release the original versions since there's really nothing left to scrape from the bottom of the barrel.

5) One can hope. After all, I don't think that Laserdisc masters are going to pass on bluray.

Either of our scenarios could happen - I guess I should have made it more clear what I meant when I said "this is Lucasfilm we're talking about." It was intended as a "but don't hold your breath" caveat.

I am fully aware that they could just churn out quick and dirty 3D conversions from the 1080P Blu-ray masters. I would not be a bit surprised if they did. But that would be a textbook example of "epic fail," since they already look awful as they are - can you imagine what they'd look like in fake 3D on a giant screen?

(And actually, I don't think that much of the final battle in Jedi was recomposited in '97 or in '04.)