Baronlando said:

GlastoEls said:

Great point above - I also would feel much more generous to the prequels if I had a quality OUT Blu-Ray.

Yeah me too. But I really can't see Disney releasing any version of their own making. anything they put out will be either 2011, or '97, or original (ideally), or maybe some final cut that George signed off on.

I don't think they'll do a final George approved version, at least not before Episode VII because even the biggest SE apologists don't approve of things like Vader saying NOOO or the extra rock in front of R2, and by 2011 it had gotten to the point where that was all Lucas was interested in changing. I think it'd be a huge PR mistake for Disney to release ANY future OT release without at least including an acceptable quality OUT. There's been more outcry from the fans with each SE release, so much so that there's even a critically acclaimed documentary (People vs. G.L.) about how SW fans have gotten the short end of the stick, Disney has to know about stuff like that. As for how the 4K restoration relates to an OUT release I really have no idea, but hopefully the real OT is right around the corner