Another thing I have to add, anybody read MAD Magazine. Well they recently came out with a book compilation of all their Star Wars parodies and other articles. One of them was their speculation about what George Lucas should change for the upcoming special edition release in 1997. Their suggestions were mostly current references like using R2-D2 to download cyber porn, have the whole cast hang out in a coffee shop like Friends, Leia lap dance on Jabba (if she can find it)...

But what is interesting is their opening description.

MAD # 354, February 1997

"Updating Star Wars for the Future."

"Next spring, George Lucas is releasing a version of his Star Wars Trilogy, digitally remastered sound and never before seen clips from all three movies. In other words, he's going to make the lightsabers orange instead of red, turn up the bass on the soundtrack and add three minutes of scenes that should have stayed on the cutting room floor. Too bad, because Lucas had a golden opportunity to make the Star Wars Trilogy much more au courant!"

If that's not prophetic enough, try the Frank Jacobs article form # 230 April 1982 where it mentions a future movie number 2 in the series will be "Send in the Clones" and other future films will reveal Darth Vader might be half droid father of Han Solo and C3PO and Luke's father "is revealed as none other than the force."

yes there are margins where Jonathan Bresman (who worked for MAD and LFL, he was Jar Jar in the early video test) points a lot of this out.