towne32 said:

Darth Lucas said:

So I was at D23 this past weekend and attended a small presentation on restorations of Disney films. After the presentation I was talking to the guy privately and mentioned Star Wars and what the deal is with a possible release and restoration. His response was "At least for A New Hope, that decision lies entirely with Fox."

Now, this doesn't tell us much, but what it tells me is that an official release IS possible, and that there isn't some detail in the contract put in by Lucas that Disney can never release the original versions as some people on this forum have speculated. If that was the case this guy wouldn't have even entertained the notion of it.

Interesting. Was just blabbing about this sort of thing over here. Without throwing that guy in particular under the bus, what kind of role did he have? Someone involved with actual restoration and these kinds of decisions for the company or just a presenter?

Did he have any further comment on the non-A New Hope films?

Quite honestly I dont remember that man's specific title, however he was involved directly with restorations and seemed very knowledgeable on the subject. based on the presentation he gave, it seemed as though he was essentially one of the people calling the shots on how to go about restoring specific films and was rather high up on the restoration end of things. He had said (as an answer to both my Star Wars question and song of the south) that essentially the restoration team has very little say in what films get restored and that all those decisions are made on a corporate level.