I don't have a problem with criticism towards George Lucas - I don't hate him, but I certainly don't feel the urge to lick his boots. The reason there's an OOT release on DVD is that influential people at LFL seem to have started an ongoing argument about the commercial potential of releasing it (along with specific merchandise like "han shot first" t-shirts) and Mr. Lucas merely agreed in hope that it is commercially unsuccessful to quiet his critics within LFL by proving them wrong. To quote my favourite prequel character: "Greed, can be a powerful ally."

If he would have done this, because he finally realized his cultural responsibility as an artist, he would have reearned my respect.