Maybe they think they were to open while interacting with the audience. Afraid of telling us too much, but because they did only tell us minor fragments what could be come they have started a rumor mill perpetuum mobile of such a dimension they never intended to do.
I get the impression that they want to be open with fans and tell us stuff, but at the same time, they have enacted a lot of strict internal rules governing what they say. (Often for good reasons) The result seems to be that most questions get a vague response at best, or no answer, at worst. The fan base then runs wild speculating on whatever crumbs slip through.
I'm not sure how to fix that, given that there are different problems with increased openness, but I am not surprised that the fans are so quick to fill in the gaps in the absence of any real information.
Mostly, I try to sit back and relax and see what actually
happens.