There has been evidence of this new remastered original trilogy slowly building online over recent months. This is due to the restoration company posting short clips to a quiet unknown YouTube account.
Check out this video on an explanation on what has been happening and a comparison between the new remaster and the current 4K discs.
TLDW: The new remaster looks way better than the current discs.
Then check out this 17 minute compilation of remastered original trilogy clips that have appeared online so far.
The big question for me is if Disney will actually, finally release the original versions on 4K UHD.
Well, when I bought the originals on VHS they promised it was the last time that cut would ever be released. A giant corp. would never lie, would they?
Can they make money on it? There’s your answer.
Not really. Disney doesn’t really release many titles on physical media anymore and were one of the first companies to stop doing so (as compared to Warner Bros., which regularly puts out catalog releases). Lately Disney has released only the biggest brands, Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar, often in the form of a handful of very expensive SteelBook 4K releases in the case of their TV shows. So they’re not automatically predisposed to release on physical media.
Second, it’s been nearly 30 years since the Star Wars Special Edition was released in theaters and nearly 15 since Disney bought Lucasfilm. Disney could’ve made plenty of money selling the original unaltered trilogy in that time, especially earlier on when physical media was a bigger market. But George Lucas has made it clear that he never wants the original versions released, and at least thus far Disney has honored that.