I just saw the news. What a sad moment. I always admired Kurtz and this grew exponentially after digging into the production history and of course the secret history that Zombie expertly detailed in his book.
In many ways I think he defined the films and what they were supposed to be. On Facebook I described him as the keeper of the flame in the original days and I still feel he was probably the main person who defined the spirit of ‘77.

I loved getting to hear his viewpoints in interviews and always wondered what he made of the current state of the SW universe and if he had ever known of the site or the various efforts to at least document if not save the original films.

He will be sorely missed. RIP.