I think that an IP scan in 2K or 4K will be what we most likely get as of right now. A friend of mine who frequents Home Theatre Forum has said that is also the general consensus amongst the people there as well. I do think we're guaranteed some kind of OUT release though, both to hype the nostalgia surrounding a more OT based Sequel Trilogy, which will win back distraught fans just in time for the new movie, as well as to give people a very big incentive to double dip for more blu rays of the same movies (essentially what the '06 DVD was, except this version of the OUT won't suck). I'm just not convinced that they've gone back to the negative like the rumor says though because I think that the new 4K scan from RMW has the '04 lightsabers (or at least very similar ones) which obviously means it's not unaltered, but it's very possible that they simultaneously scanned and restored the 97 negative as well as the removed parts to create a 4K version of the current SE as well as the OUT. Either way I'll be satisfied enough for the time being.