zombie84 said:

Actually, I think some of these additions are actually just his way of fucking with critics. "Oh, you laughed in the theater when Darth Vader said 'Nooo' in Episode III? Well, fuck you, I thought it was good, in fact I'm going to put it in Return of the Jedi TOO! How do you like them apples?"

I think in some ways we want to think that the stupid alterations are his way of fucking with critics and fans, I actually wish it was/is his reason sometimes, it makes things easier, but I strongly suspect it's much worse than that; that he actually sincerely believes that some of these stupid and nonsensical alterations improves the films. The reason being some of the stupid alterations done already in '97, why fucking with critics and fans back then, wasn't it supposed to be a nice 20th anniversary celebration? No, many of those changes and those in '04 are completely in line with every other stupid change done since, including the stupid things seen in the Prequels. It's the filmmaking 101 by Lucas these days. Sad but I think it's the truth.

zombie84 said:

Because I mean if he really cared about the films...why would he sell them to Disney?

He always used the analogy of the films being his children so he wanted to make sure they were properly protected...so, did he just sell his kids for a huge paycheck?

I'm off topic now, but man that guy is hard to figure out sometimes.

Yeah, it has been more than a month since the announcement but it still hasn't sunk in for me. It's bizarre...