George didn’t gaslight us like that.
Lucas has been gaslighting the fan base for 40 years. Nine films, six films, twelve films, never about Vader, always about Vader, Vader not the father, Vader always the father, Han shot in self defense, Leia was always the sister, “what I’d always planned”, “I just didn’t have the technology in 1980/1977/1983”, The Original Vision, commissioned two authors to each write a second film, the 1977 negatives are gone forever, films should never be altered, the director can alter, etc, etc, etc.
He built the franchise off of gaslighting the fan base and his constant lying created the fracturing that led to things like this very community.
Not only that, but Lucasfilm under George’s reign also released multiple versions of the original trilogy with very little added in terms of extras or picture quality. Getting consumers to buy multiple copies of the OT, instead of the releasing the “Ultimate” set, did not begin with Disney.