But as CONSUMERS of a product that Lucas marketed, apparently knowing that it was an unfinished work, we should all be OUTRAGED. That is information he withheld from us when selling the films to us in the first place. According to his current interviews... he knowingly sold us faulty merchandise.
The fact that we were satisfied with the merchandise is irrelevant. Someone else may come up with a better analogy, but say I bought a car that was advertised as having a particular engine. Now, I don't know anything about engines, so I trust that the engine in my car is what I was told it was. And I am quite happy with the car. Then years later I discover that the car didn't have the advertised engine at all... shouldn't I be upset, and wouldn't I have grounds to demand recompense?
Aside from the statute of limitations on false advertising claims, I am curious if there's legal precedent or grounds for some kind of action on works of art like motion pictures.