I honestly don’t think George’s beating heart has jack shit to do with any of it, I doubt anyone cares about “not releasing the originals out of respect to him” and the idea some have floated that it might have been in the deal he signed with Disney is simply ludicrous.
Ultimately, I think the real enemy here is simply just apathy and indifference.
I felt the exact same way until now. But who the fuck knows anymore? Something is holding them back. I don’t think that’s the biggest factor but it could be a factor.
And as for apathy and indifference, well, yeah. That’s kind of my point. They don’t care enough to do it because they don’t see the reward as worth the effort. If every single Star Wars fan boycotted the next movie and any future releases until the OUT came out, then they would get off their asses and have it out faster than you can believe. But for the moment they have no reason to care. They know they are still going to bring home billions regardless, so they have much higher priorities as I said. Once they get those out of the way and farther down the list, once the “OMG NEW STAR WARS!!!” craze dies down and they have incidentally gained all the distribution rights they are going to get, only then may we see something.