What Does George Lucas Think of Fan Edits? (with HAL 9000) – TRASH COMPACTOR Ep. 11

Digital technology allowed George Lucas to realize his true vision for Star Wars...but it did the same for everyone else. The proliferation of affordable desktop video editing software in the late 1990s and early 2000s led to a new form of fan participation: the Fan Edit. And for the last 20 years, fans have made innumerable bespoke versions of the Star Wars films. THE PHANTOM MENACE without Jar Jar? REVENGE OF THE SITH where Padmé survives at the end? A NEW HOPE cut up to play like a black and white Republic serial? There's a fan edit for every taste (and to address every nitpick).

JOSH had the extreme pleasure to chat with one of the best fan editors around, HAL 9000, to discuss what motivates fan editors, how the community rallied around his fan edit of THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, as well as the legal and ethical questions involved with editing someone else's work (and intellectual property). And we ask the all-important question...what does George Lucas think of fan edits?

HAL 9000 can be found posting on the forums at
originaltrilogy.com
where a polite DM may reward you with a link to his superb prequel and sequel edits, or simply following the download instructions here:
  / hal9000_star_wars_prequel_trilogy_fan_edit...  

NEXT WEEK: All about The Man Who Saved the World, aka TURKISH STAR WARS, with filmmaker, writer, and film historian ED GLASER!

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