We do need to point that out at the start.

Feature-length fan edits of theStar Warsseries have become a staple of internet culture.

Just entering the search terms Prequel edit into the search bar brings up a variety of different cuts.

Director Kevin Smith is still regularly credited withThe Phantom Edit, despite the actual editor coming forward.

Amongst the usual re-scores and modification of sound effects, something more unique to modern film-making emerged.

Is it not the same confusing rhetoric that directors give when remaking a film they adored first time around?

Anything that helps them connect with the stories I loved as a child is fine by me.

But what really won me over was a realisation of the sheer creativity and potential these projects represent.

The Force its calling to them…