G E Predator said:
None of the fans want to wait until then or later for the unaltered versions of the original trilogy to be made available in HD Blu-Ray or whatever home video format is in the future. Our friend Harmy made the next best thing, so at least there's that. If only Lucas wasn't so stubborn and just let the National Film Registry have the film negatives to the threatrical versions for preservation. If Lucas is retired from Lucasfilms, that means he passed ownership of his company to someone else. Thus what he should have no say what version of Star Wars is made public.

I agree 100%, which is why I've already enjoyed watching the despecialized editions a few times already. I just wanted to point out that although periodicals like Hollywood Reporter and Variety have said that 20th Century owns the distribution rights in perpetuity, that that is not 100% correct. I would re-purchase (probably for the 5th or 6th time) the entire trilogy if Disney/Fox released remastered, but despecialized, versions.

As it stands now, Harmy's excellent product is my new go-to version of the trilogy.

Thanks again Harmy!