I didn’t notice who posted that thread originally, but I actually spoken to u/egoshoppe a few times on reddit. He actually has an account on here (egosheep, I believe). While I’ve disagreed with him on things before, as long as I’ve kept up with his comments and posts he has always tried to back up what he says with actual sources, like interviews or articles.

I can’t speak to the validity of his source, but I don’t think egoshoppe would have posted this if he didn’t think there was some truth to it. It is possible he has become a troll, but that would be pretty surprising to me honestly. And it is also possible his source is just feeding him what he wants to hear. It’s hard to say. But my interactions with egoshoppe have always been positive regardless whether or not we were disagreeing about something, because he seems he just wants to understand what happened behind the scenes of the Sequel Trilogy.

I still am going to not take this as the truth until more proof is provided, but if it isn’t true, either Ego has changed a lot or his source is just a troll. Hopefully this will be validated or debunked eventually.