I still have a lot of respect for George and don't bear him any ill will as a human being, but man his stance on the originals makes no sense.

More and more from what's out there of George's statements, I think he might feel that if he were to release 'anything' as it once was, would be a cop out to his desire to continually push the medium he's working in. Every step of the way he's thought about some other technology or technological development to allow him to be more expressive but also cut costs. He may pass the film preservation he's been a champion of to after his passing. While he's alive, he's going to push what he can fund.

(yeah this doesn't explain the 2006 set)