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Supershadow This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.
Please see this article's entry on the Votes for Deletion page for voting and discussion on the matter. Please do not remove or deface this notice or blank, merge, or move this article while the discussion is in progress. However, you are welcome to edit this article and improve it. For more information, read the Guide to Votes for Deletion. SuperShadow is the Internet alias of Mickey Suttle, a Star Wars fanatic, who posts Star Wars news, images and FAQs on his website, www.supershadow.com. His claims, most notably that he is friends with George Lucas and that he possesses advance copies of screenplays, has made him a controversial figure among Internet Star Wars fans. The only biographical details on his website are as follows: "As you would expect, all information regarding SuperShadow is above top secret (classified at the highest level). Currently, nothing is known about SuperShadow except that SS is very close, personal friends with George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars." Using the "Whois" function of register.com, it was discovered that supershadow.com is owned by Mickey Suttle, of Hickory, North Carolina. He also owns: www.supershadows.com, www.jamescameron.net, www.ridleyscott.net, www.darthrage.com and www.generalgrievous.net, all of which redirect to supershadow.com. SuperShadow.com SuperShadow's website first appeared during the production of Star Wars Episode I. He released 'exclusive' information and claimed to be an Industrial Light and Magic employee and personal friend of George Lucas. One day, the following disclaimer appeared: This web site has no association with Lucasfilm. SuperShadow.com is a fan operated web site that makes no claims as to the copyrights held by Lucasfilm regarding Star Wars. Star Wars, its characters and all related items are copyright Lucasfilm. It's reasonable to assume an actual Lucasfilm employee was made aware of the site, and threatened Suttle with legal action. To this day Suttle still says he is friends with George Lucas, but no longer claims to be employed by him, or have any "official" connection to Star Wars. He continued posting "news", which all turned out to be fake with the exception of stories which appeared on other websites earlier in the day, but attracted controversy again when he claimed to be in possession of the script for Star Wars Episode II--quite a feat considering George Lucas had not finished writing it at the time. SuperShadow's source was "Brad Bender, head of Lucasfilm Internet Relations". There is never, and has never been a Brad Bender employed by Lucasfilm, but this was all made elementary when Episode II turned out to be nothing like SuperShadow's version of the story. His excuse was that the script he'd received was a "Rough Draft". SuperShadow claimed to have read the script for Episode III, but could not post any information about it due to copyright law. After enough spoilers information had been released about Episode III to cobble together some kind of basic plot, he posted what he claimed to be the script - it contains only a brief rundown of each scene and no dialogue. He also claims that Lucasfilm released the title "Revenge of the Sith" earlier than expected (July instead of November) because one of his readers had successfully guessed it. SuperShadow's Q&A Despite seemingly irrefutable proof that he is a pathological liar, SuperShadow has attracted a legion of fans who send him their questions, which he answers on his website every day or so. These questions pertain to Star Wars history, trivia, and the upcoming movies. These appear on the index page of his site, with the answers in bold text following the questions. Example: O.K., SS, you promised a long, long time ago and now you must tell us the real Episode III title. Finally someone guessed so speak! Great site and congratulations from Canary Islands, Spain. (SuperShadow: Wish I could, but I just promised Lucas a few days ago that I would not reveal the actual title for Episode 3. The Episode 3 title will be announced on www.starwars.com in November-december 2004.) Suttle is constantly contradicting himself for example: Hello Almighty SS, still scoring? (SuperShadow: Scoring 24/7!) Can you tell us who trained Palpatine? (SuperShadow: Darth Imperius was the master of Darth Sidious/Palpatine) Thankyou Master Shadow, this site is DA BOMB! (SuperShadow: Everyone says so.) Then SuperShadow posted some "spoilers" for EP III which includes this apparent quote from the movie: "Darth Plagueis was my master. He taught me the key to his power," Palpatine said. Suddenly, Palpatine's voice turned cold, and old: "...before I killed him." As of March 28 2005, it appears that his website has been suspended, although it states "for billing purposes". Star Wars sequel trilogy SuperShadow claims to possess the scripts, or at least the outlines, for episodes VII, VIII and IX of Star Wars. These involve an army of Dark Jedi on rocketpacks, a superweapon which creates black holes, and characters fighting clones of each other. An excerpt from Star Wars Episode IX: Victory of the Force, reads as follows: Ben and Anakin battle Horgon while the real Luke battles the Luke clone and Mara Jade battles the Vader clone. Horgon strikes down Anakin. Ben screams in anger and then lunges at Horgon with all his might. The real Luke cuts the clone Luke in half. The real Luke then turns to fight Horgon in order to prevent Horgon from killing Ben. The Vader clone battles Mara Jade. They exchange many, many blows. SuperShadow also claims that the Sequel Trilogy will not be made by Lucasfilm, but by SuperShadow himself, and the fans who support his website. He has never specified when or how, but receives and posts many comments about it regardless. See for yourself: SuperShadow claims that these scripts have been writen by George Lucas, even though the creator of Star Wars has said many times that Episode 3 "Revenge of the Sith" will be the final Star Wars film. Most powerful Jedi knights & Sith lords A ranking system containing characters from the Star Wars movies, the Expanded Universe, and others which appear nowhere except SuperShadow.com. Suttle claims that these characters correspond with George Lucas' "vision" of Star Wars, even though most do not have published stories or profiles on StarWars.com. History of the Jedi & Sith An exhaustive history of the Jedi Knights and their enemies, the Sith. Much of this information can be found nowhere else except Supershadow.com. Midichlorian list Supershadow claims to have invented the concept of Midichlorians, and has compiled a list of each character and their midichlorian count. Most of these characters are not recognised by Lucasfilm and only appear on SuperShadow.com. History of Star Wars A timeline of the Star Wars phenomenon, starting in 1974 with the release of George Lucas' second film, American Graffiti. For an unexplained reason, "Star Wars" is always highlighted in blue and "History" in yellow, making it look like SuperShadow typed "Star Wars + History" into a search engine and copied the result. The effect looks sloppy and could easily have been changed with little effort - this has lead some to believe that SuperShadow is a parody of obsessed fans, and the site is deliberately awful. Supershadow's Ep. 3 Cameo In the midichlorian list, Supershadow claims to have a cameo in Ep. 3 starring as a Jedi Knight named "Nebar Foxis". In the "Brief History of the Jedi and Sith", a historical account posted on his site, "Nebar Foxis" is described as "the best looking male Jedi of his time". Star Wars fan fiction SuperShadow's readers send in their own stories, which he posts. The section is mostly concerned with Episode 3 fanscripts. SuperShadow's filmography This page claims that "SuperShadow is one of the world's premier documentary film makers. SuperShadow specializes in films about the paranormal, cryptozoology and extraterrestrials", and lists about two dozen documentaries, none of which exist outside of supershadow.com. SuperShadow's Girlfriend A picture of an "attractive" woman; typically, a non-nude photo of a porno star or model. By Supershadow's own admission he "just can't stop scoring". SuperShadow's relationship with other websites Supershadow.com does not link to any other Star Wars sites, since the vast majority openly state that he is a fraud. Most major Star Wars news websites have some sort of disclaimer which warns that any information found on supershadow.com and not verified elsewhere is fake. How he has attracted so many readers and why his site remains relatively popular remains a mystery. Some believe that SuperShadow, rather than being a delusional fan, is actually an elaborate parody of delusional fans. Intentional or not, SuperShadow is a source of amusement (through ridicule) for many internet Star Wars fans. External links
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