SuperShadow

"Mickey Suttle should be beaten to a bloody pulp for some of the shit he pulls on his website."

- Nathan Butler



SuperShadow is the Internet alias of Mickey Suttle, a Star Wars fan who posts Star Wars news, images and FAQs on his website,. Many of his claims, most notably that he is friends with George Lucas and that he possesses advance copies of screenplays, have 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, it was discovered that   is owned by Mickey Suttle, of Hickory, North Carolina. He also owns: -, -  (not sirSTEVESguide), -,   -  ,   -   and -,   - all of which redirect to.

In addition,  is also owned by Mickey Suttle. While not having any links to supershadow.com or mentioning the name "SuperShadow", the "SS" logo with the Rebel Alliance and Galactic Empire logos on it has the filename "super_shadow.jpg". The page also shows a fake image of Suttle.

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 friend of George Lucas. One day later, 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 is 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 he no longer claims to be employed by him or have any "official" connection to Star Wars.

He continued posting "news" which turned out to be fake with the exception of stories that appeared on other websites earlier in the day. He 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 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 spoiler 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 Episode 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."

This was only half correct because in the final version of Episode III, Palpatine did not explicitly state he killed his master, but that he referred to himself in the third person without revealing who he was. The quote is actually from the novelization of Revenge of the Sith, and was originally posted on millenniumfalcon.com. Regardless, the master was Plagueis, not Imperius. As of March 28, 2005, it appeared that his website was suspended, although it stated "for billing purposes". However, he soon returned to the dismay of many fans.

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 that support his website. He has never specified when or how, but he receives and posts many comments about it. His episodes 7-9 are titled "The Fallen Hero", SuperShadow's "The Republic in Crisis" and "Victory of the Force”  SuperShadow claims these scripts have been written 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.

The two Star Wars TV Series
In response to a question posted on October 2 2005 by a fan about the two Star Wars TV series: the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars and the live-action series, SuperShadow responded that "I have been given full control over the Star Wars TV shows. Expect greatness."

Most powerful Jedi Knights and Sith Lords
There is a ranking system on the website that contains 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 and 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.

Midi-chlorian list
SuperShadow claims to have invented the concept of midi-chlorians, and has compiled a list of each character and their midi-chlorian count. Most of these characters are not recognized 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 led some to believe that SuperShadow is a parody of obsessed fans, and the site is deliberately awful.

SuperShadow's Episode 3 cameo
In the midi-chlorian list, SuperShadow claims to have a cameo in Episode 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". Nowhere in Revenge of the Sith does he appear.

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
SuperShadow claims as his girlfriend an "attractive" woman; typically, this "girlfriend" is a non-nude photo of a porno star or model. By SuperShadow's own admission, he "just can't stop scoring". A number of the women pictured on his website (which is changed occasionally) have sued Suttle, though most of the cases were settled out of court. Apparently, they are less impressed with his 'scoring' than he is himself.

Recently, he has changed photos of his "girlfriend" again. Now it shows a new woman- exactly 40 photos of a blonde in various poses. If clicked upon, it can be seen that the photos have obviously erased website adresses, more evidence towards his pathologic nature.

SuperShadow's delusions of grandeur
Below is a list of things that are totally non-canonical (in some cases even completely false) and cannot be substantiated anywhere other than SuperShadow and those who believe him.
 * That Yoda is a Whill (no relation to Journal Of The Whills) from a planet named Grentarik, and that his last name is Dkana. SuperShadow also claims that his father's name was Syville Dmetris Dkana, and that his trainer was Bontu Sitmus, also a Whill
 * That Darth Sidious had another apprentice before and after Darth Maul, Darth Voltron, who trained Darth Orcron and broke the rule of two, and Darth Rage, a Toban From Yetis, who was killed by Plo Koon using the Force Avalanche technique, another SuperShadow creation
 * Darth Mirage and Darth Venom
 * It is thought that his script of Episode III has been plagiarized, as it is identical to various other scripts.
 * That Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas is Ogdarian (in Star Wars Visionaries, he's human).
 * That the name of the Star Wars Galaxy is Vordarian Beltway Galaxy, and that it is 850 trillion light-years away from the Milky Way galaxy. The only official description given about the Star Wars galaxy in relation to the Milky Way is that it is a galaxy far, far away.
 * That the Galactic Republic is at least 75000 years old, and it's first Supreme Chancellor was named Merk Quanto. The majority of canon sources state the Republic is just around 25000 years old, and its current incarnation has stood for 1000 years.
 * The Rodar Wizards of Perdonis, who supposedly created the kyber/kaiburr crystal (which is not a SuperShadow creation, it appears in the first EU novel Splinter of the Mind's Eye) over 100,000 years BBY, and, in his words 'made Emperor Palpatine look like a nun'. SuperShadow also claims that Darth Sidious uses such a crystal to amplify his power.
 * SuperShadow claims that Darth Maul's Infiltrator lacked a cloaking device, another sign of his defiance of canon material like the Visual Dictionaries.
 * That the tradition of cremating dead Jedi originated by a Jedi being disintegrated by a bounty hunter.
 * That Dantius is the first name of Palpatine, Jard is the first name of Count Dooku, that General Grievous' last name is Shakor, and that he is of a species named Omix Patra (General Grievous is of the Kaleesh species; the first names of Palpatine and Dooku are not revealed in the canon, and probably Grievous only has one name). He later reviewed and changed the race of Grievous, probably after being warned by a fan.
 * That Mace Windu comes from a planet named Erberius (He's from Haruun Kal).
 * That lightsabers were invented around the founding of the Jedi Order. (Whereas during the Great Schism they didn't seem to have been developed, until the primitive ones of the Great Hyperspace War).
 * That Darth Revan was killed by a force avalanche, and that his apprentice Malak lost his jaw in a fight with a Jedi master named Kylo Spartos
 * Three different force using orders. One, the Sutrans, a group of light side users who do not follow the way of the Jedi. This order supposedly contained many member of ET's species. Two, the Vortari, named after their founder Lady Vortari. Three, the Biotans
 * Kaja Sinis, the first Jedi and a Civian, his first apprentice being Shintor Beerus, a Twi'lek.
 * That the planet Granicus was the homeworld of the Gran (they're from Kinyen).
 * The Penari lightsaber, a Jedi scientist created yellow lightsaber capable of cutting through other lightsabers. The weapon was supposedly considered too dangerous by the Jedi Council, and destroyed. The picture of the weapon is actually a beam sword from Super Smash Bros, made obvious by the token floating underneath it. The saber is supposedly powered exclusively by illegal yellow saber crystals, which are only used in the Penari lightsaber.
 * Darth Scarz, the first Sith. (The name Darth is generally thought to originate with either Darth Revan, or Darth Andeddu)
 * Xio Jade, the supposed mother of Mara Jade.
 * Many other Jedi, Dark Jedi, and Sith Lords.
 * The planet of Pilegias, claiming that Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi was born there. He also claims that Kenobi was found by the Jedi Order on the planet Kelchase, another creation of his.
 * Plo Koon was trained by Diris Flassis, rather than by Tyvokka.
 * The planet and system of Valorius, the supposed origin point of the Dark Side, which is destroyed in SuperShadow's sequel trilogy.
 * The planet of Thessius, claimed to be the watery island world Shmi Skywalker moved to, before she was sold to slavery, but not before giving birth to Anakin Skywalker.
 * That General Grievous has a Midichlorian count higher than an ordinary Jedis. The Episode III Visual Dictionary announced that General Grievous is not Force-sensitive.
 * That Anakin had no contact with Dooku before meeting him in the Invisible Hand. This gives the impression that SuperShadow considers himself above the movies, the highest canon.
 * The Black Hole Devastator, a superweapon capable of destroying an entire star system by creating an artificial black hole.
 * That Mara Jade married Luke Skywalker five years ABY, despite contradictions in various EU books. In his defense, SuperShadow has said that 'the EU is fake', but he himself uses many EU ideas and characters in his rough drafts and sequel trilogy plot summaries.
 * That Exar Kun was not a very powerful Sith lord, ranking less that 15 on SuperShadow’s 'Top 15 Most Powerful Sith Lords’. This is surprising, as he claims that the game KOTOR is canon, and in KOTOR Exar Kun is referred to by certain characters as one of the most powerful Sith Lord in history.
 * The existence of the Force powers Force grab, Force fireball, Force tornado, Force earthquake, Force avalanche, and Force vanish.
 * That Mace Windu has been hiding on Coruscant ever since Episode III, and will feature heavily in his proposed sequel trilogy. Since SuperShadow also claims that Kyle Katarn will be around 65 years old by Episode VII, Windu, even if he did survive Episode III, would die of old age before Episode VII.
 * That Count Dooku never killed a Jedi, although it is widely known that Dooku killed his old friend and Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas in order to prove to Sidious his Sith potential, for one.
 * That the youngest Jedi to be appointed to the Jedi Council before Anakin Skywalker was not Mace Windu, but a 27-year-old Jedi named Gnaren Viskus, who joined the Council for his ability to foresee the Yakter rebellion (also SuperShadow's invention).
 * That Yarael Poof was trained by Zinkor Dawn, and that Even Piell was trained by Haccor Topkin.

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.

Status of SuperShadow.com

 * As of November 11, 2005, SuperShadow's website was apparently down.
 * As of December 2, 2005, the following statement is made under his "Biographical Information". Given the threats of legal action against Mr. Suttle from his original claim to be an employee of Industrial Light and Magic, it is a wonder the same has not been done after the addition of this statement as it has been there for at least two weeks.
 * "SuperShadow is legendary for revealing the plot scripts to Star Wars Episode 1, 2 and 3 many years prior to their theatrical release. Currently, SS is employed by Lucasfilm as a high-paid consultant related to future Star Wars and Indiana Jones projects."

Attack on Wookieepedia
On November 2, 2005, a user by the name of "SuperShadow" attempted to attack Wookieepedia. They tried to redirect hundreds of articles to the main page, but were stopped in their tracks and banned from the site. Further attempts under user names similar to SuperShadow were made to attack the site, but they too were shut down.

The person behind the attacks was identified to be from Kentucky, which proved that he was not Mickey Suttle, the real SuperShadow.

The only lasting effect of the attack was a positive one, as it prompted the creation of a standardized vandalism reporting function on Wookieepedia.