Fan edit

A fan edit is media that a viewer has modified, by removing, reordering or adding material, to create a new interpretation of the source work, typically made from footage already available on home video and adjusted in color, framing, dialogue or audio. The practice gained prominence with The Phantom Edit in 2000, in which editor Mike J. Nichols removed elements of Star Wars Episode I he considered weaknesses, and later examples include Harmy's Despecialized Edition restoring the original Star Wars trilogy and a fan edit of Raising Cain that director Brian De Palma endorsed as an official director's cut. Fan editors generally hold that their work should circulate only among people who already own the source material and should never be sold for profit, though studios such as Lucasfilm have taken action against some edits over copyright and consumer-confusion concerns. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/