I believe Mike has said that he heard directly from people at Disney or Lucasfilm that made it clear what the repercussions would be. As great as those other projects are, they would not compete with an eventual official release the way that Mike’s would.

But the other issue that you’ll see come up, if you read through this thread, is that the people who contributed to the knowledge and assets Mike used (including the film itself) were clear that they do not want it distributed illicitly. They made that a condition of their helping him, I believe. And Mike may also be concerned about career-related effects.