Bingowings said:
If the officially franchised version of anything is made to the desired quality and affordable piracy becomes unnecessary.
If a desired object is badly made or too expensive people will compromise with a cheaper or free lower standard copy or a non-franchised better quality item.
Which is exactly what we have going on here with regard to Star Wars77.
George digging his heels in, keeping the quality low = piracy.
The moment he releases the 1977 version properly, the piracy stops. People will pay for quality.