Some people do seem to regain some of their senses after horrible decisions:
http://www.huffpost.com/entry/et-change-spielberg-video-guns_n_1559613#:~:text=In%20an%20upcoming%20Blu%2Dray,replaced%20them%20with%20walkie%20talkies.
‘I had robbed people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T.’
Paraphrase that for pal George Lucas with “Star Wars” and you got a winner.