Beber said:
so what's the deal with this independent project?
It's archival. Mr. Verta has no plans to ever release his restoration unless it's via an official channel; e.g., Disney purchases it from him.
Long-story-short: It's not for us. It's for our Star-Wars-is-in-the-public-domain-holy-shit!!!1 descendants.
Let's not clog up Team-1's thread any more than we already have.