Auch eine Art Remake, hatte ich noch nichts von gehört:

But it is not easy to classify the Phantom Editor as simply an editor, for he is also a revisionist filmmaker, a film critic and -- perhaps most of all -- a restoration artist. The Phantom Editor has gone back to a completed artwork and tried to bring out what he saw as the "real" film, buried within Lucas' edit. Aside from the fact that he's subtracting footage rather than adding, the only difference between "The Phantom Edit" and what Lucas did with his rereleased "Special Editions" is permission.

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