RU.08 said:

Well I'm sure Disney pays far more attention to fans on TFN than they do to ones on OT.com. Most SW fans just don't pay the O-OT all that much attention as TFN shows.

Which is why I'm always surprised/slightly uncomfortable when someone makes a thread over there about restoration and reconstruction type projects. Mostly nothing good can come of it, though the negative attention will probably also not be harmful.

But Mike has completed his restoration of Star Wars 1977 so let's wait and see how Disney wants to respond to it. I mean at this stage we don't really know if they will say "no" to public screenings or not, I kind of get the impression that could well be possible now that the restoration is ready for DCP and 35mm outputs.

If nothing else, could they use his restored segments for portions that truly are missing from their archives or damaged beyond repair (to whatever degree that this might actually be true)? Would it mesh well with the other material?

I recently watched the 'making of the SE' doc on the Blu-ray bonus disc. They needed the camera negative for the Look Sir, Droids shot. It was interesting that they honestly seemed to have no idea if it was going to be in the warehouse until they found it (in the wrong place).