C.S. Lewis died over 50 years ago, ownership has passed well beyond personal friends, family and loyalists to the nameless faceless Harper Collins profit center, and yet it’s still not possible to buy a new copy of the Narnia series in the original publication order.

Yes, I know it’s not quite analogous to Star Wars because you can reorder the books yourself, old copies aren’t lower quality than newer copies, etc, etc. But nevertheless it illustrates that if someone widely perceived to be the creator of something, years after it’s already been released to the public, wishes it to be distributed in a different, boneheaded, mangled way that makes no sense to most fans, that wish carries a lot of weight for a long time.

EDIT: Yes, I know it’s also arguable that Lewis even wanted it to be distributed that way at all, or if he was just being accommodating in an exchange with with an enthusiastic fan. The idea that a desire that unclearly expressed can have such lasting impact makes it so much worse.