That was before his big plan was to destroy the childhood memories of millions by erasing the original versions from existence.
He has been doing that in earnest since the mid 1990's but we did not find out his true intent until after 1995. When the originals were not available from 1995- until 2006. And them being on the dvd set was Jim Ward's idea and came out of marketing it had nothing to do with Lucas changing his mind.
If anyone thought otherwise Lynn Hale's statement makes Lucas stance very clear.
The fact that the bonus discs have been allowed to fall out of print speaks volumes.