This story reminds me of the scene in Godfather II when they say "Hyman Roth has been dying of that same heart attack for twenty years"

George has been retiring from Lucasfilm for twenty years. He's not retiring, he's not going to make experimental small-release films, and he's absolutely not - under any circumstances what so ever - turning Star Wars over to anyone else.

He will control every aspect of Star Wars until he's no longer physically able to. I find it laughable that he has the balls to publish that statement with a straight face.