Zaius wrote:
- "[We] decided it should sound even more human. And the human it does sound like… yeah, we’ll talk about that another time."
"Sound even more human" doesn't necessarily mean "sound like a man or woman." You can also infer that the second part of the quote could refer to the actor/source of the sound as Alec Guinness has long since passed away and I doubt Ewan McGregor would make time to lend his talents for a two second audio drop.
In any case, I don't think it's going to do anyone any good debating the change since we haven't heard it yet. There'll be plenty of time for a postmortem bitch-fest following the (eventual) re-release. Just trying to keep things in perspective.