zombie84 said:

I fail to see how someone can say "Star Wars is lost" when some guy has a Technicolor print of Star Wars sitting in his home. But beyond this, the OOT will never literally fade away for good. If Lucas doesn't restore it himself in the next eight or nine years, someone will after he dies. Even if his will says "don't release the OOT," mark my words the second the dust settles from his grave there will be a squad of fans, professionals and corporate executives trying to find a way around it, and eventually they will succeed. It's essentially a waiting game, one way or another.

I very much agree. I think Lucas way over-estimates his ability to control how people will watch\experience or think of Star Wars 1977, or the film series as a whole. Continually lying about his Original Master Vision does not equal control over history & future. There are too many instances, from very credible sources (articles, interviews, books, etc) where his lies can be proven as such.

What the TFNers choose to believe is their own problem. They'll have to reconcile his lies with the truth one day. They won't like it, but they'll have no choice.

Star Wars77 was industry-altering, pop culture-altering, and public consciousness-altering. No one person gets to control that. The world will get Star Wars released and preserved properly. It will just take time.