unamochilla2 said:

I'm kind of surprised Lucas, of all people, would be the one to say this to anyone.

How does Lucas know what Disney's plans are? As far as I know, Disney doesn't need Lucas's approval for anything and I doubt Disney would discuss their future Star Wars plans with him. I mean, Abrams and Kasdan reportedly didn't even use Lucas's treatment for TFA. Disney didn't spend $4.2 billion to have Lucas approve their plans and actions and Lucas didn't sell it for the same reasons, either.

In any case, doesn't Fox still hold the distribution rights?

From the sounds of what Landis said, maybe they've debated on the SEs in the past and George thought he'd tell him that they're finally releasing the OOT when he saw him. I also would imagine that Lucas is fairly in the loop, or at least is given information when he asks. I doubt he has any authority over anything though