CatBus said:
EDIT: This means that IMO fan edits are EXACTLY the same as the Special Editions, by every moral measure except fraud.
Considering that Lucas didn't direct ESB or ROTJ, I would argue that those Special Editions are rather morally questionable, since he's screwing around with them at his leisure, and then telling us in the end credits that they were directed by Irvin Kershner or Richard Marquand. No, these are not the films made by those people.