Wazzles said:
CatBus said:
...and the only thing tipping the balance in favor of an OOT release is treating historically important films with respect, which Disney hasn't thus far indicated is much of a factor to them.
That's with their own properties, though, and even when they change them, it's mostly the same thing. There are no dramatic story differences of added effects, just digital color and animation. I see no reason for them to restore Star Wars in the same way, since it would be more expensive than just doing an IP scan and a conservative dash of DNR.
Oh, I agree they won't add further changes on the scale of what Lucas has done, because if nothing else there's no ego to feed. But the fact is, they can get a Special Edition Blu-ray for a lot cheaper than they can get an OOT Blu-ray. If the people in charge don't give a damn about film history, they ALREADY have "Star Wars" HD masters, no new scans needed. They can milk that 2011 release via streaming/broadcast licensing indefinitely at no additional cost (I think they recognize that further physical media releases are not really going to go very far, but they probably attribute that to "our brave new streaming world" and not "our version of Star Wars blows"). To them, these 2011 films are Star Wars. Why re-scan what you already have?