GlastoEls said:

moviefreakedmind said:

That's a main reason for why I think we'll see the HD OOT soon. Lucas was the only one opposed to its release. Even Rick McCallum said he hoped Lucas would release it someday

The lads from makingstarwars.net, for whatever it's worth, told me at Celebration that there was "no chance", as albeit selling commercial rights, "Lucas retains final cut".

So we shall see. Fingers perenially crossed!

To bring this thread back around, this is what makes me think the 4k version (undoubtedly a new 4k SE) will be released in some form or another in the near future, even if it was only done as a fresh image harvest for the 3D conversion. Even if there was no mention of it at the convention, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce closer to TFA's release that there will be all-day saga marathons in theaters on December 17th.

Even if Lucas retains "final cut," I don't see that precluding an OOT restoration necessarily. I mean, he released it on dvd, didn't he? He just refused to spend a single dime remastering it.