He stole "shots" from a book which had no pictures in it? That's one of the stupier argument's I've heard concerning this.
Anyway, I have a whole theory regarding Joseph Campbell anyway, which is that Lucas barely paid any attention to him while writing Star Wars. It was mainly a publicity manifestation.
It seems like everyone on the internet, when they aren't downloading porn and killing time on facebook, wants to discuss movies, but as you said they have as many opinions as they have little facts.