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Mike J. Nichols is a film editor living in Santa Clarita, California and originally from Illinois.

Nichols has become a cult hero of sorts as "The Phantom Editor" who created an acclaimed yet controversial re-cut of George Lucas' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, known as The Phantom Edit. According to the re-done scroll, the self-proclaimed "The Phantom Editor" [1] stated he re-edited a standard VHS version of "The Phantom Menace" into what he believed was "a much stronger version of the film"

Star Wars Episode I.I - The Phantom Edit is a fan edit of the movie Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace, removing elements of the original widely thought to be unsuccessful by critics and adult fans. The purpose of the edit, according to creator Mike J. Nichols, was to make a much stronger version of The Phantom Menace based on the previous execution and philosophies of film storytelling and editing made famous by George Lucas himself.[citation needed] The Phantom Edit was the first unauthorized re-edit of The Phantom Menace to receive major publicity and acclaim for making the film appreciably better, and although many other re-editing attempts followed, the original Phantom Edit is still highly regarded as a successful exercise of professional and artistic narrative film editing.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_edit

There is still so much to be done with cinema as an art form.