My take is that the original films were so amazing that they deserve a high degree of loving attention. What fans crave or George Lucas owns doesn't matter to me so much by comparison. It's a moral issue realizing that great art and hard work deserve both respect and honor. The original story and the original form of the classic trilogy should get careful, individual treatment apart from George's latest edit of the week (history alone should require at least this much).
My take is that the original films were so amazing that they deserve a high degree of loving attention. What fans crave or George Lucas owns doesn't matter to me so much by comparison. It's a moral issue realizing that great art and hard work deserve both respect and honor. The original story and the original form of the classic trilogy should get careful, individual treatment apart from George's latest edit of the week (history alone should require at least this much).