Well, it's just more double talk. Lucas continues to insist that the films are supposed to be watched in numerical order. That's his (latest) vision. But anyone who watches can tell that all those things are there for is to remind us of the original trilogy, like the droids, Chewbacca, Owen looking into the twin sunset. Things we would never understand or begin to appreciate if we didn't see the original first and just seem awkward and out of place taken by themselves.