mhg83

I just watched this short film and really enjoyed it:

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Was surprised at how good the effects were for a fan film. Got a little annoying with all the fade to blacks. Other than that I thought it was well made and look forward to the rest.

Li

I thought it was good, though I haven't exactly seen a lot of fan films of any kind. Someone(s) obviously put a lot of work into it.

Solid Snake

That was pretty cool.

jeffkjoe

It's waaaaay to pretentious for its own good.

Numanoid

There must be 4 minutes of black screen in the first 5 minutes of that film. Fucking annoying. I stopped watching.

Artman

Didn't hold my attention, I skipped thru it. Too glossy, no idea what's going on... Simple scenes like the Tatooine stuff from ANH would work best for a small production like this, and just avoid trying to do lightsaber duels or space battles altogether.

Thrush

This

klemsaba

Seems like a combination of Aliens (ship design) Babylon 5 (laser weapons) smashed in with a little Star Wars.

naitram

meh...bunch of geeks wanting to play with lightsabres

Dr. DVD

Not bad. Definitely entertaining, though I think it gives off more of a video game promo vibe than anything else. Didn't really feel like Star Wars as much as an futuristic Highlander with lightsabers.

Ranger

Thought it was OK.

The recent stuff I've found: Star Wars Axe parody (two girls fighting over a guy), Star Wars Juno parody, and the second chapter of IMPS (first chapter still was better).

islandclaws

This.

mikehunt

didn't watch it but I skipped around a bit
looks to have better special effects than V

kind of sad when amateur stuff looks better than professional

Solid Snake

.....Empire Strikes Back? As much as I really enjoy that film. It's not unrealistic for "amateur" stuff to look better effects wise than a movie that's 30 years old. It just takes a of hard work for an "amateur" to do that. Effects wise I thought it looked fine...

mikehunt

V as in the current ABC series

Solid Snake

ah. Sorry. I don't watch TV for the most part.

story

You gotta admit, that's a pretty funny mix-up, Solid Snake.

mikehunt

speaking of Empire though, puppet Yoda is better than CG Yoda

toddly6666

well done, but I got a headache watching it with all those fade-to-blacks...

I remember the time when I thought Star Wars was cooler than Star Trek. Now, it's not only equally geeky, but I think Star Wars fans are now more annoying than Star Trek fans...

KnightLerxst

Wow...apparently the prequels were able to suck the fun out of fan films too.

Before the prequels Star Wars was a fun adventure...then it became about brooding characters in cloaks.