see you auntie said:

Now this just serves to confuse me even more.

Are you saying if Lucasfilm doesn't release the OOT, eventually those fans holding out for the OOT will start buying ancillary products instead?

Why would that be the case?

Well, if you're a Star Wars fan, the same old thing will get... well, old, eventually. Don't you ever get curious about, say, what's happening to Luke in the EU once every couple years, or how cool that model X-Wing would look hanging from your ceiling? Would you give all that up permanently because of your idealistic crusade?