Yep, but StarWars is more than just a bunch of movies. The original theatrical versions of the classic trilogy are a piece of film history Lucas is in denial of - he is destroying a cultural heritage. All he basicly says is: One day the people who witnessed the appearance of a true revolution of movie history, that try to preserve a cultural heritage, will have died out - he hopes to finally have an audience completly consisting of yes-men (or people who basicly don't give a fuck wether his films exist or not).

All I can say is, that all the young people I know of - still prefer the old (original cut) trilogy over the new one. So it'll never be like Lucas wants it to be - he's only got so much power over things. Most of them are StarWars fans, and fans of George Lucas the rebel, who managed to pull off StarWars against all odds - but they are not fans of Lucas the Emperor, with his vision of a sterile new order that StarWars has to fit into (and all the people who like it).

I really do like the story the prequels try to tell, the films just don't do a very good job at it - and that's merely the fault of a "good enough for the audience" attitude that is driven by market analysis and not the artistic desire for perfection and intelligent visual storytelling.