Ah well, most of the PT doesn't either, because they have the OT to fall back on. But, I kid you not, Lucas even said in the Special Features Documentary on EP III, "Well if it doesn't make sense here, then we can always change it in the OT." Seriously! He knows what he's doing and doesn't care for a fanbase.
At Chefelf people have beat their heads against walls for years trying to understand this. In the end I think we realized trying to understand George Lucas isn't possible, because he doesn't make sense. Same for trying to get him to admit he changed things; he won't. It's like arguing with a madman.
I recommend this awesome (free) ebook by Michael Kaminski where he shows how George Lucas contradicts himself left-right-and-center when he tries to explain 'It was always about the Tragedy of Darth Vader'. You can nail any fanboys hide to the wall with this beauty:
http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/But before you head there, check out this short Star Wars H4X movie:
I can't direct link to it, so so you'll need to download to watch it: Click on the picture, Request Ticket, Download and then watch it.
Kind of funny story behind this too. The above GIF was on a very politically incorrect site, which happens to have a Star Wars section. I originally posted a link to this, with a warning *not* to look at the rest of the site. Turns out on the net whether you tell someone not to do something, they'll do it. Naturally someone did, and AFAIK this was the only time a post was ever taken down on ChefElf. Of course used reverse psych and dared people to look at the site, they still would have looked at it anyway! Can't win!!! Anyway, enjoy!
This post has been edited by Toru-chan: 28 June 2008 - 04:46 AM