yoda-sama said:
It is just a damned shame they're choosing to miss this opportunity.
I'm right there with ya, but at the same time, I started to have "a bad feeling" once they released the digital version only a week before the con. There was no way they were gonna say jack shit about even the possibility of an OOT restoration only a week after this new digital release with "never before seen bonus content" (oh, golly). It would've been like shooting themselves in the foot, not to mention it would've pissed off apple, vudu, Amazon, Google et al who were expecting to do business off the digital version.
Which brings me to my second point, which is that we really don't know how long Disney is planning on milking these movies for the umpteenth time in the form of these digital versions. It's certainly not a good sign that they're only just releasing it now, and with exclusive bonus content for added incentive. We could be waiting years until the next release (in any form) for all we know.
But at the the end of the day we really have no idea. The digital release might've simply been a "let's get it out of the way" kind of thing, maybe just timed to take advantage of the convention. Like I said elsewhere in the forums, we've still got Comic Con in July.
Besides, it became pretty clear to me that Disney wasn't gonna blow their load and announce the OOT at the same time as the new TFA trailer. Their stock went up by $2 Billion on Thursday. They obviously wanted Ep7 to be the big talk of the con, followed by Battlefront and Season 2 of Rebels, in whatever order.
In regards to your 4k comment, Disney could very well be timing a new release to coincide with the upcoming 4k blu-Ray format, which is supposed to roll out by the end of the year. It would be Mind-blowing if one of the launch titles was an actual 4k transfer of the OOT. Imagine how many people would run out and buy a 4k TV and a 4k blu-Ray player just to see that. I'm not holding my breath on something like that happening, but when they do eventually put out the OT in actual 4k-on-disc (and they will at some point, even if it's just a 4k SE), I suspect they'll put it out on "regular" 1080p blu-Ray as well and not keep it exclusive to a fancy new format.