We should also remember that George changed his tune circa 2010 from “the original versions aren’t my vision for the saga” to “they’re too expensive to restore right now.” Ridiculous a statement as that was, it’s at least from before George sold everything to Disney. It’s not his money being spent anymore, it’s a humongous mega-corporation’s.
Plus there’s got to be something to that story John Landis told back in 2015.