George Lucas: I’m the one who has to take responsibility for it. I’m the one who has to have everybody throw rocks at me all the time, so at least if they’re going to throw rocks at me, they’re going to throw rocks at me for something I love rather than something I think is not very good, or at least something I think is not finished.
Great quote. Makes me laugh. But what does he mean by "love" that's what I want to know? He loves to make Han look like a wuss? He loves to add CGI that he has to replace with better CGI only a few years later? He loves to tinker and continue to tinker and fuss and muss continually? Just what does he love about it? If he loved the story, he'd would have adhered to the story precepts he put in ANH. So, it can't be that. He just loves the tinkering around and futzing.