I guess it's been official for awhile, but that PR letter confirms it for me. The writer says "(which represents George's vision of the movie)" for the new trilogy and re-done old trilogy. Taken together with the rest of Lucas' portfolio - The OOT was a mistake. The best mistake ever made.

As I said, I guess I've heard that general message from the Star Wars HQ for a while, but that confirms it in cold hard english - he was aiming for a different target and happened to hit the "best movies ever" target by accident.

Looks like Howard the Duck finally makes sense.