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Star Wars Revelations - May the Force Be With You!
n0alpha writes "For all you Star Wars fans out there, if you've been less than satisfied with the last two episodes of Star Wars, fear not. There is a new episode coming out soon -- but I'm not talking about Revenge of the Sith. On April 16th, 2005 the world will be blessed with a brand new episode, Star Wars Revelations. This is an independent film, completely put together by volunteers and organized by Panic Struck Productions, but don't let that fool you into thinking it is sub-par. Visit their website to view a trailer."
Considering George Lucas judges the yearly star wars fanfilms, this seems unlikely.
Behold, another webcomic!
From TFA: Revelations is a non-profit film being made for private use, and is not intended for sales of any sort.
Lucas endorses fan films - I was trying to find more detail, but all i found was here:p ect/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction#Legal_as
That doesn't mean they're not going to release it at all. Though the private use does make one weary on if we'll ever see it. The article is down and Panic Struck Productions only have the synopsis.
I'm a virgo and on Slashdot. Coincidence? Yes.
See joke trailer of Stars Wars Ep III here.
like the plot is any big secret?
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Google Cache: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:OY5Ph7dWELUJ: panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_media.h tml+&hl=en
Trailers (All of them are quicktime trailers):
Large (13 MB)
http://panicstruckpro.com/revelations/video/web_tr ailer_II_larger.mov
Medium (11 MB)
http://panicstruckpro.com/revelations/video/web_tr ailer_II_large.mov
Small (9.16 MB)
http://panicstruckpro.com/revelations/video/web_tr ailer_II_small.mov
There's always Episode 3: A Lost Hope. He's given.... special treatment.
Here's a mirror for the home page and the full-sized trailer:
;)
Homepage
Trailer (.mov)
I'd post a torrent but I don't have a tracker... Perhaps Slashdot should run one for things like these
the Kelly Osborne lookalike's "EVIL voice" was especially weak. I won't be bothering with that. You can slop all the CGI you want over something but if the acting is flat and the cast somewhat aesthetically challenged its simply not fixable.
Plays violent online games as: Nerfherder76
Right here
or else!
Easy with this one, it's an old Dual P3 machine:
s /web_trailer_II_larger.mov
http://200.17.94.190/~felipe/star_wars_revolution
First time hosting a torrent, so here goes: http://68.205.82.17:3001/web_trailer_II_larger.mov .torrent
Question
Is Lucas aware of your film and isn't he going to sue the hell out of you?
Answer: .To answer, I doubt if Lucas himself has seen "Revelations". However ,Lucas is a large supporter for fan films,and is very kind enough to let other inspiring artists play in his backyard, as long as you don't try and make money from his hard work, and respectfully so.
For most people who do not understand fan films we get this question often
"Revelations" is a non-profit film and everyone who worked on the film was a volunteer (no one was paid). The film itself will be availible free to download from TheForce.net and the "Revelations" website to anyone who wishes to watch it.
A great article put out by "Wired" covers some good ground about fan films and here is what Steve Sansweet (Lucasfilm's head of Fan Relations) had to say:
> Everyone will not stop confusing CG with CGI (common gateway interface)!
I don't know if you're kidding or not, but CGI was an abbreviation for "computer-generated imagery" long before Common Gateway Interface hit the scene.
So "CG" is an adjective, not a noun like CGI is.
This has...crap written all over it. They editing was horrid, acting sucked, the cg crap was good if they would simply add textures. The editing felt like I was switching between movies. The song didn't fit. The actors were ugly in unugly roles. It's crap. Sorry to be so harsh, but looks to me like they should go for cg ship battles (add textures) that's the only thing the have going for them. And the lightsaber fights? wtf have they heard of coregrahpy? Or like emotion in the fight? or emotion in acting?! Episode 1 and 2 were good, not great or nearly as good as they should've been. This isn't even good for a "fan-film" they need to use some of that prop budget for acting lessons, and editing classes.
Signatures are so 90s
Short Answers: It seems Lucas doesn't care as long as you don't sell it for profit. They're going to release it for free on their website
.To answer, I doubt if Lucas himself has seen "Revelations". However ,Lucas is a large supporter for fan films,and is very kind enough to let other inspiring artists play in his backyard, as long as you don't try and make money from his hard work, and respectfully so.
Long Answers:
Reading through their FAQ, they have this.
Question
Is Lucas aware of your film and isn't he going to sue the hell out of you?
Answer:
For most people who do not understand fan films we get this question often
"Revelations" is a non-profit film and everyone who worked on the film was a volunteer (no one was paid)
The film itself will be availible free to download from TheForce.net and the "Revelations" website to anyone who wishes to watch it.
God, I hope they're smart enough to use a torrent the next time around. It's a little dissapointing that the film will only be 40 minutes long, though. That's just over the average of an american hour-long tv show (sans commercials).
A few friendly notes here to some of the curious out there:
No one is saying that this work is perfect. It has its flaws, as most project do, but I read some of the post some people were putting out yesterday and while Shane has decided not to address any of that at this point, (partly because he's so busy trying to get the film through post production, and manage the premiere, and partly because he's on the verge of nervous exhaustion) I feel I must step up and set a few things straight.
First of all Gina and I did not really know Shane and the crew of Panic Struck prior to this, except as competitors. Shane thought Gina would be good for the role after seeing some of her work. While it is true I rode Gina's coattails into the project, once Shane saw a little more of what I could do, he asked the writers to write a little more into the script for me. I am grateful and I will let those scenes speak for themselves. The point is no one cast their girlfriend in this thing! Furthermore all this talk of the girls being ugly is just stupid and petty. All of the girls are quite simply, stunningly attractive if you meet them in person. Of course the fact that I'm married to one does mean that I am a bit biased.
A lot of people have come out saying the acting is poor. This is simply and completely unfair. You can not and should not try to judge the acting of an entire production based on a trailer, especially with a fan film. For one thing the takes that were used in the trailer may not be the same takes as what you see in the final movie, this happens even in professional movies. Furthermore you're seeing, what you are seeing completely out of context. For example; the scene with Taryn (Gina) saying "she lied to me" "she used me" is cut with scenes of characters fighting. That's for the trailer. That's not the way you are going it see it in the movie. In the actual film this is part of a highly emotionally charged scene. So why then did they use it in the trailer? They used it in the trailer because it's what was available at the time. This is the same reason Shane used the music from the actual Star Wars movies in the trailer. The plan had always been to have an original score but it wasn't done at that point.
With respect to the fighting, we did in fact have a dedicated fight coordinator and he did a splendid job. Here again it's a matter of context and available footage. When you actually see the finished fights in context, not only do they look good, but they actually help carry the story along.
As to the trailer itself, while we have all had the experience of going to a movie and realizing that all the best parts were in the trailer, this I assure you is not the case here. With a low budget fan film, trailers and teasers are released, not after the project is done to show of the best of what has been done, they are released to coincide with local conventions using what is available. Shane had a lot of tough decisions to make about the trailer and he decided to be deliberately vague as to story details, character motivations and so on. He didn't want to give too much away and whether I agreed with everything he did or not at the time, I want to make it clear that I stand by his work now.
Rest assured that the finished project is far more polished than the trailer. We went back into the studio and did a lot of voiceover work to get rid of any of the ambient background sounds that you can clearly hear in the trailer.
The CG in the trailer, while stunning, is in many cases just not finished. I clearly remember Shane saying that some of it was just above video game level in his opinion and that he was going to go back and rework it. Now when I watch some of the more finished stuff I am truly amazed. In some cases I was there, in the shot, and I can't tell you what was real and what was added later.
This movie was shot over a long period of time; sometimes on a location, like the quarry, the caves or the bar, sometimes in the studio (green screen and all), sometimes on a set that we built. This was done to