Fang Zei said:

Also, yeah, LFL officially said that to all of us almost seven years ago (how could we possibly forget?), but didn't Lucas himself say just a couple years ago at some convention that it was a matter of the OOT being too expensive (as of that date) to restore?

Yes, he did.

Laserschwert said:

But you took that quote way out of context, so it doesn't mean what it does in this shortened snippet.

What context do you need? It was a Lucasfilm employee, SW-producer and collaborator of George, who was giving a sincere answer when he was confronted with this question a few months after Lucas was giving the ridiculously weak excuse that it's too expensive to restore these films.

I almost preferred when Lucas outright said fuck you to the fans instead of dodging the question.

Laserschwert said:

I would have to answer that officially it’s never gonna happen, but you never know with George. It’s one of the constant things that—let’s put it this way, it changes always. You never know.

It's basically just that the official line ("I would have to answer") at that point was no OT, and that's pretty much what all LFL employees were saying. He also admits that the "official line" doesn't mean sith with Lucas anyway, so the whole quote basically means nothing.

Yes, the "official line" may not mean that much but it's still a glimpse of where the company stood/stand on this - no plans to restore the original films. Then if it has changed in the months since then, good for us. I just choose to believe it haven't.