The only problem with Lucas doing it is that he does indeed want others to buy only his vision of the story, or nothing. That's why he's letting the originals go to rot (supposedly, though I'm sure he has the full movies digitally preserved in his vaults just in case, via hints from Lowry Digital interviews where they made a "complete digital master" of the classic trilogy) and saying "they no longer exist for me."
At least the fan guys are preserving the originals, and also making their own edits. It's sort of like having a colorized movie. You don't have to accept it as the real deal, so long as you can still get yourself a copy of the black and white that's going to last.