In the legendary "Boycott Star Wars Blu Ray" thread we had here a while back, there were many members who seemed convinced that Disney would do this shortly after the purchase. I never agreed with them. Now it seems I'm wrong, at least so far.
I like this for two reasons:
1) Disney has no personal bias towards Star Wars, so they'll be inclined to restore the original properly, not "as they see it".
2) Disney is VERY good with the technical things when it comes to transfers, restorations and digital movies. Take a look at something like the Mary Poppins BD and tell me it isn't perfect, compared to the laughable hack-job ILM did (seriously, the sand dune scene in ANH is distractingly amateurish. It looks like someone used Photoshop's sharpening tool on it to make it "HD"). If we got Disney's full treatment on these movies, the end product would be breathtaking.
However, point no. 1 brings about a related con:
1a) Since they have no personal investment in the source material, and therefore, one could argue no respect for it, I fear that they'll just cobble together a "despecialized" edition from the existing Blu-Rays that is merely "good enough" to get their old fans back, and merely market it to folks who don't REALLY know the difference.
Likely? Perhaps not. But I feel it is a valid concern...the mouse has been a cheap heartless ******* in the past
My cynicism is showing