There’s no objective truth in this situation, only opinions and factors that can be weighed differently depending on each individual, which include film history and preservation, but also Lucas’ rights as the creator of his works, and a whole bunch of other stuff including Lucas’ relationship with the fans. You weigh them one way, Lucas weighs them another way. Lucas has openly stated: “Why would I make any more [Star Wars movies], when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?” In other words Lucas didn’t want to make new Star Wars movies at the time, because of fan toxicity.

The fan toxicity existed due to the bad decisions Lucas made, that isn’t too far fetched either.

That’s all nice and well, but the entire premise behind taking a stand against toxic fandom, is that there is no excuse for such reprehensible behaviour, and that includes not seeing your favourite movies released. The basis for this forum as I see it, is to make a case in favour of releasing the OOT in a respectful manner, based on well thought out arguments, not to hurl abuse at Lucas or anyone else who refuses to give in to our demands.