Modification

May 2025, in a galaxy far, far away…

The opening scene of Star Wars 10, “The reincarnation of Captain Kirk”, is set in that rough and tumble old bar on Tatooine, the Mos Eisley Cantina, that has by now become familiar to several generations of movie goers.

Aside from the fact John Thorpe is the now the owner, and it sports dozens of poker machines, it otherwise remains unchanged since the days Luke Sykwalker and his mates used to try on the time immemorial underage drinking caper.

And in the equally familiar corner booth, once favoured by Han Solo, sits George Lucas, playing the character of Uarter Ounder.

Cocky, hell bent for leather, gun totting, his feet up on the table, he juggles all nine DVD discs of the Star Wars series to date in the air, with an ease that only the CGI monkeys at Industrial Light and Magic could ever bestow upon him.

“I made a lot of special modifications myself to them,” he grins with far more haughtiness than Solo could ever muster, referring to the way the series has changed, almost beyond recognition, since it debuted half a century earlier in 1977.

I can tell you all about the Star Wars 10 storyline since one of my jobs is media representative to none other than Super Shadow himself.

Anyone who knows anything at all about Star Wars will of course know that Super Shadow, or “Supes” to his mates, is a close personal friend of George Lucas.

In turn I am a close personal friend of Supes, the man who according to Lucas himself, has been the pivotal creative force (no pun intended) behind the entire Star Wars series.

Lucas has acknowledged many times in public that SuperShadow is the best thing to ever happen to Star Wars

Therefore when Supes talks, people listen. And Supes tells me Lucas’ vision for Star Wars is ever changing, ever… evolving. That is why he is constantly making “enhancements”, changing the storyline, and even the unfolding of certain events.

For instance, thanks to spoilsport Palpatine, we now learn Vadar is Luke Sykwalker’s father during a video conference call, somewhat preempting the revelation during the Cloud City light saber fight towards the end of The Empire Strikes Back.

Well thanks to Supes actually. Apparently.

And while all this “tinkering” has almost created a black market for the original theatrical version of the “classic” trilogy, I wouldn’t be surprised if that is all part of the plan anyway.

At least they still haven’t edited out Grand Moff Tarkin’s chilling command, “You may fire when ready…”

Not yet anyway. Word has it Supes is gunning for his girlfriend, a lingerie model, to be given (with a little help from the ILM crew) the role of Death Star commander.

I’d grab whatever copies of the original theatrical version you can find, and fast…