Yeah. But you know I always hear people talk about "the films are his babies," but they really aren't. I guess Star Wars is, he wrote and directed it. But you know, he didn't direct Empire and Jedi, and that alone should make him ineligable to modify them unilaterally. And then Lawrence Kasdan was the main screenwriter. Lucas here envokes the Berne Convention, and he goes on in other parts of the statements to explain how only the primary director and writer can approve changes, and they have to agree on them; this is the mandate of the Berne Convention Lucas was so aggressively promoting and trying to get Congress to recognize. But Kershner and Kasdan weren't even involved in the SE, and Marquand was passed away, so he's altering another director's film after he has died. It's kind of disrespectful for him to talk about "his vision" of things, especially with Empire where even in 2010 Kershner said the film came out so good because Lucas backed off and let him make it exactly the way he wanted and only visited the set three times.

So, basically, while I agree he should have the right to play with Star Wars to his heart's desire as long as the original version is preserved, I don't think he has any business meddling with the other two films without the consent of at least the guys who actually directed them.