evan1975 said:

Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, how are the apologists handling this?

They seem to be mainly in two camps, 1. They think it's horrible because it means the story is no longer complete - the way they think it is and should be. 2. They are convinced that behind the scenes, Lucas will retain full creative rights and intellectual property control. Apparently they have no idea how Disney operates. ;-)

Today they took a hit - the way we did 15 years ago. Funny to see them scramble to make sense of the wrong they were just dealt. Being a powerless, voiceless fan - it sucks.