ray_afraid said:

AntcuFaalb said:

So does anyone think this won't happen?

I mean, we've been fucked-over so many times over the years that I still don't know what to expect from the Disney acquisition of LFL.

I haven't seen anything good come from Disney's purchase yet, so I'm not sold on this being a sure thing. And even if it happens, I doubt it will be handled with as much care as Harmy's Despecialized Editions. Are we even sure an unaltered print still exists in the LFL archives?

They have to at least still have separation masters. IP's, In's etc.

You don't not have these for a multi million and possibly multi billion dollar franchise. Especially when Lucas apparently has saved every thing. The only thing totally lost and not recoverable or at least not in very good condition is the original effects work. They recomped the stuff that was lost and that is not original only the pieces of film are.

The live action stuff could be taken directly off the negative if its not totally gone by now, with no generation loss. However having to resort to the IP or prints for the original effects would not exactly match up well with the negative.