It’s common knowledge around…
Ok ok, common knowledge… but it’s not at all what I was talking about: Lucas is not involved with the new SW movies/creations past 2012 (but everything done since then is a massive reuse of his material for the OT and even for the PT era… anyway…), we all know that. But what about his rights to everything else before (I-VI + TCW) ? If in the Disney contract there is a line about “never release a HD version of the OOT”, it’s not relevant that Disney and Lucas aren’t friends (which is still debatable. The guy was invited during Rogue One shooting… a movie massively based on a movie he directed/wrote/produced 40 years ago…) because there is something called “rights”, “intellectual property”, etc. You know, the law… This really is the bottom line. So I get there is a 2020 limit for Fox to release SW movies (I to VI). A HD version of the OOT can only happen if Lucas says “well, ok, do it”, because I think (but I’m not sure, that’s why I was asking for reliable sources, not “common knowledge”…) that he is still the owner of SW I-VI (Fox being half the owner of IV) even if he sold his company. Am I wrong ? Maybe… but is there a text/source to support that I’m wrong ? If there is, I would love to read it, so thanks in advance !
And yes, TCW is Lucas tv series. He never wrote or directed a single episode but he was behind every decision made. That’s why half the series really does suck while the other half is very good.