Happy Birthday Star Wars (today!)

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With the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars coming up on May 25, I started digging through my video collection and watching a bunch of the peripheral releases.

Among the various fan-edits and rarities compilations, three brilliant fan-made documentaries stand out, and I thought this would be a good place and time to share them with you, my friends.

So the first two or three geeks to PM me will get DVD-R copies of "Deleted Magic", "Building Empire" and "Returning To Jedi".

"Deleted Magic," created by Garrett Gilchrist, uses outtake footage from many sources to create an entirely new version of "Star Wars".

"Building Empire" and "Returning To Jedi", both created by "Jambe Davdar", are more documentary-style films on the second and third movies in the original trilogy.

To date, none of these movies have incurred the wrath of Lucas or the RIAA, probably because they've only been distributed by fans through trades, with no money changing hands. If you are one of the lucky two (or three), please pass them along to any other geek in your life that might enjoy them.