Oh crikey, for people thinking there's any chance they'll release 97 versions in HD, or that they're just as in demand or legitimate as releasing the original versions...just forget about it. Those are gone forever. Hold on to your VHS tapes b/c that's probably the only way you're going to see them (absent Harmy's version). There's like 3 people who think the world needs the 97 versions on Blu Ray, and they all post here.

That's not to disparage those versions, IMO they're the least offensive of the SE's, all things being equal I'd love to see every version of Star Wars in HD ala a Blade Runner set. But I doubt that's going to happen. At this point, since the 97 SE's are not the original versions nor George's final, "preferred versions" they are at most a historical footnote. Don't get me wrong, I understand the sentimental appeal of them, you either grew up with Star Wars and were thrilled at seeing it on the big screen again, or you were experiencing it on the big screen for the very first time. So I get that. But it was also the beginning of all the bad stuff that happened to these movies. It's something stuck in between the cultural significant films the originals were and the abominations the later SE's became.

Just give me the pre 97 films (I'm OK with the 81 crawl) with a full restoration (hello Robert Harris) without excessive DVNR and colours that match the previous home video releases (at a minimum)*, and original audio in HD and I'll be happy....once they do that as far as I'm concerned they can add as many audio tracks as they'd like and release the old SE's and create new ones to their hearts content....I even promise to buy them.

*EDIT: I'd prefer a colour timing that matches the original theatrical releases, of course but I don't even know if anyone at Lucasfilm or Disney even knows what the films looked like back then anymore.