At this point it’s not really a George decision. Disney owns it. But I guess they’re following his wishes. It’s really interesting because there’s been way more changes to the movie than what gets talked about. The crawl was changed when a sequel got green lit. By the time the movie came out on VHS the siblings thing had happened, so some scenes got trimmed to remove now uncomfortable sexual tension between Luke and Leia. Then of course there’s all the changes for the 90s rerelease that are what people focus on. There is out on the internet in those corner you’re not supposed to hang around in a 4K restoration of the truly original, so it’s completely unavailable. But I do think Disney should put all the versions on +. It would be fun to have them all available, like the 5 Blade Runner version box set.
I thought George made some deal with Disney to not release the original versions. It would be nice to see the movies again without Han dodging Greedo