Would it be a significant investment if they release a blu ray along the lines of the Bladerunner versions? That would not be the 5 million dollar project that the negative restoration could be. I also don’t think that they would refuse to release the unaltered films for no reason. I feel like you, along with myself and most fans, might be scarred by George Lucas’ unreasonable decisions regarding the OT. For Disney to never release the unaltered films for no reason other than spite seems unlikely to me. They have no real reason not to release it, regardless of the quality of said release. George Lucas did have a reason to hold them back, he did not believe they were “finished” films. As absurd as that sounds, it was his reason and apparently he thought it was a good reason. That reasoning is no longer looming over Star Wars. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. I just wish they would provide a statement on the matter just to give us some closure. The fact that we’ve received no comment rejecting the idea of releasing the unaltered films also makes me wonder if they’re potentially waiting to announce a release. Either way, it’s impossible to know until they give us an announcement.