Star Wars Revisionism - Protecting the Artist

I just don't understand the literal visceral hate that George Lusicas is subjected to concerning the film he created, he made, and he felt needed revision to better tell the story he wanted to tell.  It's ultimately his vision and creativity, so let's just allow him to make the changes he wanted to make to better tell this story without feeling like he personally insulted all of us by these changes.   

Film is the art of the 20th and 21st century, and George Lucas is an artist.  In my opinion, he has the right to change his piece of art however he likes, whenever he likes, in whatever way he likes.  The film itself is not owned by the people, no matter how much they wish they could own the film.  They may own it culturally, but cultural ownership does not give you creative rights or corrective rights.  What if DaVinci hasd the ability to come back to life, and he decided to correct the Mona Lisa (she doesn't have visible eyebrows or eye lashes)?  Does DaVinci have that right as the artist?  What if his reasoning is artistic?  In my humanities based mind he does.

What George Lucas does to his film is his business.  That business is not mine, not fans, and not some individual in his basement attempting to "right a wrong."  Uploading and maintaining an illegal copy of a film is a clear violation of laws that are intended to protect artists like George Lucas.