The thing is i liked the oriuginal trilogy from 1977-1983. I thought it was brillianly conceived and a wonerful set of films.
The prequels sucked and are not real star wars, so to me their is no shrinking universe because the star wars canon is the original trilogy circa 1977-1983.
The Special Edition changes and the prequels as released are not a part of the original continuity as it existed in 1983. So i declare them garbage and worthless.