I just posted a version of this in the Facebook comments on this article, but here it Is again...

Sooo... I get what you’re sayin’ kid, but your point comes across as (unpopular buzzword time) “millenial brain gymastics to empower their nostalgia”.

Careful, now: You might reveal that Lussier doesn’t know what the fuck he’s writing about.

Star Wars never went away.

It might have frozen her out from receiving the money under their divorce settlement, but I would agree that it seems unlikely that it would have affected her rights to royalties.

I was with friends the other day, one of whom said that the special editions were designed by George Lucas to freeze out his ex-wife Marcia Lucas from royalties. I can’t see how that would be possible. In any case, Marcia is the only Lucas who won an actual Oscar, for editing A New Hope.

it was their release that reinvigorated the once fledgling Star Wars franchise

There’s certainly a whole lot of moving and shaking going on.