Short Round said:
Hey guys, several weeks ago I sent an email to Walt Disney Studios asking about Star Wars (not sure why, I didn't really expect an answer, but was curious what they'd say), and just today they responded to it. It took me a while to remember because I'd forgotten I'd even emailed them. Anyway, I don't have my original email anymore since it's been so long, but it was basically just asking if there was going to be a re-release for the OUT. They sent back a really strange email that said that Star Wars was not a Walt Disney Home Entertainment production and gave me a huge, and bizarre, list of other places to contact including Dreamworks, Paramount, New Line Cinema, and Fox. I know that the Star Wars Trilogy in fact isn't a Home Entertainment product of Disney's, but I remember someone else on the forum (probably in the 4K thread) posted their response and it said that Disney hadn't set a re-release date, and that the OUT was unavailable currently. Anyway, I just thought that was strange so I supposed I'd post it here.
First, I have no idea why they changed their message from, "it's currently unavailable" to the new one they sent you, but I wouldn't worry about this. I'm 99% sure you probably sent some kind of title request to Disney Home Entertainment (since they responded about it), but they have no control over what is going on with Star Wars. They're purpose is to package, sell, and advertise DVD's and Blu Rays, as well as probably digital home entertainment, and they won't be doing that with Star Wars unless Disney buys the distribution rights, but I think they're much more likely to just continue with the Fox distribution deal for now, at least until 2020. Second, this does not mean that Disney isn't going to be involved in a Lucasfilm restoration of the OT because they'd likely be funding it since they own and receive profits from Lucasfilm, but Disney Home Entertainment won't be involved since they won't be the ones distributing the discs. The better people to contact would be Lucasfilm or maybe another branch of Disney, but not their Home Entertainment section.