The l337 RotS trailer, was the exact RotS trailer (audio and visuals) with additional subtitles in l337 sp33k underneath. I think Lucasfilm's lack of understanding of l337 sp33k was the reason for it's requested removal. It looked like a duck but they couldn't understand it's quack so might as well get some free press and ask for it's removal.

Sluggo's mention of pr0n, brings back to mind how Lucasfilm did go after the anime porn "StarBallz"
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/Pf/0,1527,9055,00.html
(Yet other SW inspired pr0n like Sex Wars (80s) and Spaced Nuts (00s) did not draw attention.)

The interest in Fan Edits and Fan projects is fairly dim (cultural attention wise) at the moment.

The concept of manipulating movies is still fairly new. Interest in modified trailers has become more and more blog worthy, instead of just being fun for the editor community. It's not illegal to edit someone elses movie. Fair Use is a broad statement which needs to be backed in court, if questioning of the validity does occur, but that doctrine could grant any of these projects as ok, under the right circumstances. Collage and Transformative Reuse, are ways to progress culture, if we let organizations take those methods away from creators and the creative process, society suffers. There is only some black and white after a court case, until then the world is shades of grey. The creators have to decide for themselves where they draw the line. Then if organizations like Lucasfilm or the MPAA complain, you can either agree with their actions and remove the material from the public conscious or stand up for reason why you created the project, some advancement of understanding of the material.

It's going to be interesting when a fan project creator does make a stand on their project and charges $ for it. It'll be interesting to see how this community deals.

After that there might be fan edits of fan edits. Disney didn't make up the story of Steam Boat Willie, it was a live action movie just a few years before. But society has fairly convincingly supported that form of creativity. I can't invision the project yet, but there might be a reason why the MPAA and others decide to clamp down on the fan edit community. It's a public opinion no-no though to sue the creative actions of a fan editor, it's just not good press when you think about it. How would you spin it? As for projects like DM and BE, only if Lucasfilm was going to do a similar release would it be worth clamping down. Maybe if the fan edits come out too close to release dates, that might spark some actions. It's something to think about periodically but don't dwell on it, waste your time by being creative instead.

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