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story identification - Star Wars fan website with false claims



I recall around 2001-2003 time period there was a fan-created Star Wars website that made a lot of claims about the Star Wars universe, supposedly through insider knowledge/sources. The site opened after the initial theatrical release of Episode I, but before Episode II.


Some examples of the "insider" claims were:



  • Yoda was originally thought to be the Chosen One who would bring balance to the Force.

  • There were allegedly yellow lightsabers that were strong enough to cut through all other lightsabers.


There were many others that I can't recall.


It turned out many of his claims were false, and I think many fans in the Star Wars community called him out for making up stories and publishing them on his site. He was essentially riding off of Star Wars fans' excitement over the new Star Wars movies that were being released. I may have found out about it through TheForce.net.


I can't recall this person's handle or website. I don't think he was publishing any of this on any forum; he used his website for all his stories. He may have had the word "Dark" somewhere in his handle. Does anyone remember this individual and/or website?



Answer




Supershadow, I believe. You can view his old (now defunct) site via the Wayback machine, here.



SuperShadow is the alias of a Star Wars fan who ran SuperShadow.com, a website that fabricated insider knowledge and claimed that SuperShadow was a close friend of George Lucas, and one of the leading Star Wars fan experts in history


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When the website was online, SuperShadow would often post so-called Star Wars news, images, FAQs, spoilers, and even plot outlines for future Star Wars films, many of which he claimed originated from George Lucas. This led to enough controversy that Lucasfilm's Pablo Hidalgo commented in Star Wars Insider 90, released in October 2006, that SuperShadow had "absolutely no relationship with Lucasfilm or George Lucas" and that the reports on the site "are complete fabrications." Hidalgo also revealed that Lucasfilm had "taken action against the site several times when it" solicited money from fans "under false pretenses."



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