He fucked up The Classic. He did it twice. Once by making content changes to the originals...
Actually, I disagree with this. Lucas
owns Star Wars, in every way that is relevant. If he wants to release a new version in which every single character is a Gungan, or Han Solo wears a gingham dress, then fine. It's his art, and he can do what he wants with it.
What he did that was seriously dickish, however, was to say "No! You cannot buy the version of the movies that you grew up with and that you love! You may only have this new version! And if anyone argues, I shall crush you with my totalitarian might!"
Once he released the laughably titled "Special Edition" DVDs, with the original movies as "bonus features", I stopped caring about anything Lucas might do to to the movies, because I finally had the version that I wanted. In fact, I've come to think of Lucas as an Emo kid, cutting himself for attention. Though, in this case, it's not his wrists, but the one good artwork he created that he continually destroys as he screams "Look at meeeeeeeee! I'm still relevant! People still care about me, right?"
Contrast this with Ridley Scott's recent Final Cut of
Blade Runner, sold as a 5-disc set, with every single previous version. In the introduction to one of them (Original theatrical release?), he says something along the lines of "This isn't my favourite. It didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to. But if you like it, then great. Hope you enjoy watching it." And I thought, yes. This is exactly the attitude to take.