Easterhay said:

Nothing beats Star Wars fans (well, some of them anyway) for fixating on the age-old tradition of revisionism.

What? He didn't have the whole thing mapped out from the start? Oh, no, my world has ended.

Wake up and smell the proverbial; none of this is new or revolutionary - even Tolkien went back and revised The Hobbit to fit in with The Lord Of The Rings.

Oh, and one more thing. Someone referred to Gary Kurtz as a father. No he's not; he's a mother.

Tolkien didn't send out an order to have all those old copies of the book destroyed. Lucas has done so with regards to 35mm prints.

Sorry to hear Gary Kurtz whizzed in your coffee. ;)