> George Lucas didn’t have billions of merchandising revenue in mind...
Doesn't copyright stop other people from making billions in merchandising revenue off of George Lucas' ideas without his consent?
> We don’t really need Nth Star Wars sequel powered by those extra profits.
Without a copyrighted C3PO, he could start turning up in just about anyone's derivative works. There could be horrible Star wars sequels forever, or TV ads with C3PO selling household cleaning products.