JayArgonaut said:
However it was when he claimed during an interview that Han was always meant, all along to shoot second, instead of first, that I had to conclude madness has consumed him.
Yeah, this was total BS. Han shooting first is so much more consistent with his cavalier attitude. This change bothered me the most out of all SE changes because it actually changed the very core trait of an important character.
As for the prequel changes, I think George is just never happy. If he had someone else write and direct we would have something different (and IMHO much better), but it also would have let him let go. He has that famous quote about films never being completed, just abandoned. I think he always feels like he has the need to “correct” or finish previous work, even if the changes are so inconsequential - to him he has “done something”.