zombie84 said:

So rather I would say it is the opposite: Lucas is the one fighting a losing battle. When he is dead, everyone in his company will be doing their best to get the films released. ... ... ... He's already lost the war, we just have to wait around for it to happen.

I really really really hope, for personal reasons, that at some point Lucas flips around on this.

I don't like holding such a monumental film-maker, one whose work gave me so much pleasure and inspiration, in such contempt.

He was in love with new technologies, overwhelmed by the possibilities, plainly hugely insecure, and made the SEs. If he flips on this and puts out a real OOT, in my view all is forgiven.