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Originally posted by: Jedi Master DJR
I would make this analogy. It is like taking the book, Return of the King, the third part of the Lord of the Rings. Now Tolkien plays more with the ending. Gandalf comes with Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry when they liberate the Shire. All the hobbits revolt upon the sight of the band and Gandalf beats Saruman in a fight between wizards, and then things stay like the original narrative with Frodo leaving and ending with Sam and his children. Now if you have read Return of the King and the chapter Scourging of the Shire or whatever it is exactly called, you know things were actually different in big ways. Now I am not saying the ROTJ SE changes the ending like that, I actually like the new ending better. But imagine Tolkien then says, "The ending I have now created for Return of the King was what I originally envisioned, everything written before were rough drafts in the process." And remember, the original LOTR books were released before Tolkien's new take on the book. And Tolkien NEVER wants the original versions of the books released again. Now if I disagree with that, am I treading on Tolkien's artistic rights or am I fighting for literary and historical preservation? That is about as simply as I can present this argument.
Quite well said. Preserve the original works, so they can exist along with any variations. People are smart enough to make up their own minds of what they want.