Oh, I bet it's no longer a big deal to George if the unaltered originals at least get a new transfer, just as long as it doesn't look better than his preferred version. You wonder what the exact terms of the sale were, but I just can't comprehend the idea of spending 4 Billion dollars for a property and getting everything except the Holy Grail of said property.

It would've been one thing if there was something legally stopping George from releasing the original versions. There was speculation back in '06 that we were getting the 1993 transfers not because of George's attitude but because of his divorce from Marcia. I think the theory was that this might've even been a prime motivator behind the creation of the SE in the first place, since they were technically different movies (or something) and none of the money made off of these new versions would go to Marcia.

I'm pretty sure those rumors were debunked, though.

EDIT: Supersonic kinda beat me to it. I'll just add that I don't see another blu-ray release happening without the original versions being included (even if you have to buy the latest version in order to get it). The OT on home video has pretty much run out of any other possible selling point.