I myself think it's going overboard to special edition the originals on a site called original trilogy, but if he really wants to make EVERYTHING in the six movies teeter totter on that ONE twist, then yeah, he's going to have to take the knives to the OT. But I'm not entirely certain that actually doing that kind of editorial gymnastics is going to really help in that instance--because there's no way to edit out the fact that both their last names are Skywalker, and that they both grew up on Tatooine, and that alone will be enough for most people to have the "twist" spoiled for them. The mere existence of the prequels themselves is enough to render that twist ineffective as a "Boo!" moment to anyone BUT Luke in the movie. Which is fine, the focus of the drama simply shifts. and at this point, even people who never have seen the films know "Luke I am your father."
I for one don't think the twist in ESB is the be-all, end all of the series, and re-editing to simply preserve that twist actually does the PT and the OT a disservice dramatically and structurally, but I'm not MAGS and I'm not re-editing these things
But let's think about it, it isn't going to be as good as we'd hope.
HAL has used his considerable computing power to see into the future, apparently
