Crowdsourced Remake "The Empire Strikes Back Uncut" Now Complete

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Crowdsourced Remake "The Empire Strikes Back Uncut" Now Complete

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 12, 2014 @07:18AM from the even-luke-lent-a-hand dept.

Two and a half years ago, we posted news of the completion of the Star Wars Uncut project. Now, reader kdataman writes that another fan-made Star Wars movie remake is ready to watch; this time it's Empire: 480 fan-created 15-second clips have been assembled to remake the entire movie, scene for scene (but not always word for word). The variations swing from professional production values to cardboard cutouts, but they are all creative and many are hilarious. Hard to pick a favorite scene but the guys at MTV selected a few highlights.

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Re: Who wants it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 07:39 · Score: 0

One's trash is the other's treasure
Re: Who wants it? by Zontar+The+Mindless · 2014-10-12 07:42 · Score: 1

I made it through the first 5 minutes before I had to close the tab.
So what did I win?

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Re: Who wants it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 07:44 · Score: 2, Funny

You win a free copy of The Return Of The Jedi, Uncut.
Re: Who wants it? by Wabbit+Wabbit · 2014-10-12 07:48 · Score: 3, Funny

5 minutes?
Heck, I can do that in 4 parsecs.

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Re: Who wants it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 08:08 · Score: 0

5 minutes?
Heck, I can do that in 4 parsecs.
Bu that's a unit of distance measurement!
surreal by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 08:11 · Score: 4, Interesting

While I didn't make it all the way through, I can tell you that there is some really great creativity in some of the scenes by the hundreds of amateur contributors. It's also surreal with the constant changing of actors and graphical modes while the plot remains. I think its great.
1. Re:surreal by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 10:52 · Score: 0
  
  There's some good stuff in there, but there's some really bad stuff too.
  It's too bad, the quality isn't consistent enough for me to enjoy just watching the whole thing.
  The format probably makes it kind of difficult, but I would have liked if the organizer had made some effort at only accepting submissions that meet some standard.
2. Re:surreal by Mishotaki · 2014-10-12 16:00 · Score: 1
  
  It's also surreal with the constant changing of actors and graphical modes while the plot remains. I think its great.
  in no way anyone could watch this and have any idea what the hell is happening in the movie... unless you know the movie by heart! i've watched about 30 min and i was confused as hell, i haven't watched a star wars movie in 10 years, but i still remember a lot of the plot... but you can't follow the characters because the same characters change every 10 seconds! it might be great, but only for hardcore fans...
Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by n3r0.m4dski11z · 2014-10-12 08:25 · Score: 4, Funny

"I hate when a movie is entitled "$OriginalTitleHere Uncut". The first thing it makes me think of is uncircumcized penises."
Are you trying to blame the film industry for your homoerotic fantasies?

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Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by PopeRatzo · 2014-10-12 08:26 · Score: 2, Insightful

Are you trying to blame the film industry for your homoerotic fantasies?
I blame my mom for mine.

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Like photonovels by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 08:26 · Score: 1

These guys make STAR WARS stories with action figures, exploring what happens with side characters and sometimes recreating scenes from the movies to advance their stories. It's pretty cool: http://photonovelalliance.com/
This one is my fave (no I didn't make it): http://photonovelalliance.com/pn/The_Enloe_Trials.html
Damn Lucasfilm and Disney by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 09:00 · Score: 0

How about they gave us the Original Uncut Trilogy with all it seventies era special effects, rubber monsters and all.
No retconning, no CG additives no nothing.
1. Re:Damn Lucasfilm and Disney by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 10:15 · Score: 0
  
  Here you go
Haters gunna hate but this is too funny by TFlan91 · 2014-10-12 09:08 · Score: 3, Interesting

All you guys hating for some arbitrary ideal are just buzz killers, nothing more or less.
The subtle things in the background are what kills me ahahaa
check out at 11:48. someone was smoking some MJ :'D http://imgur.com/gVASzOk
1 / 5 scenes having some easter egg in it
1. Re:Haters gunna hate but this is too funny by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 11:21 · Score: 0
  
  Leave it to some fucking potheads to ruin Star Wars.
2. Re:Haters gunna hate but this is too funny by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-13 00:53 · Score: 0
  
  ...or the original creator of the franchise. Take your pick.
Re: Who wants it? by popo · 2014-10-12 09:11 · Score: 1

I especially liked the introduction / explanation by Yoda.

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Re: Who wants it? by Opportunist · 2014-10-12 09:24 · Score: 1

Han said it first.

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Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by Opportunist · 2014-10-12 09:27 · Score: 1

Statistics.

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Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 09:27 · Score: 0

Are you a gaming journalist?
Re:Who wants it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 09:39 · Score: 0

The modding here is hilarious. I'm viewing all of the comments for this submission right now (26 in total), and I count 11 that are currently at -1. I see a few more that will likely be modded down soon.
Almost half of the comments have been modded down! LOL!
Funny and entertaining by Dan+East · 2014-10-12 10:22 · Score: 4, Interesting

I just finished watching it. It has quite a few really funny clips, and a few that are somewhat disturbing LOL. The great thing is seeing the amount of creativity and artistic styles people can come up with. Definitely worth watching. Now I'm watching Star Ward Uncut, since I hadn't heard about it until now.

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1. Re:Funny and entertaining by j-beda · 2014-10-12 12:24 · Score: 2
  
  My family and I really enjoyed the first "Star Wars Uncut" production of "A New Hope" a few years back. My two pre-teens submitted a scene for this one and we have yet to look and see if it "made the cut". We are looking forward to watching it. There is a torrent of the completed film here: https://torrentz.eu/2cdaab3f30...
  If you don't like the scene choices, I think the website has the ability to view the other options for scenes that were submitted - maybe you can even mix your own?
2. Re:Funny and entertaining by Solandri · 2014-10-12 13:09 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  The great thing is seeing the amount of creativity and artistic styles people can come up with.
  As someone who plays classical piano, IMHO this is the most destructive effect of modern recording technology and the current copyright stance of Hollywood. Since the pieces I play are long out of copyright, there are literally as many interpretations of them as there are performers. Sometimes I spend an evening just listening to dozens of pianists' interpretations of the same piece. It's amazing the amount of creativity and different artistic styles people can imbue into what on paper is the same song. How a part I've always considered boring can suddenly turn surprising and entertaining when someone interprets it in a way I'd never thought of. If you've been to plays, you see much of the same thing. The actors each imbue their role with a unique interpretation. Some you may like and others dislike, but there's no end to the variety.
  
  By contrast, modern movies, pre-recorded TV, and music are canned. Aside from the occasional remake, what you see is the same performance over and over again. With rare exceptions, there's no opportunity to explore possible different interpretations. The much ridiculed "Han shot first" controversy is a great example. When Han shot first in the original, it told you he was a ruthless smuggler who would do whatever it took to save his own skin. Which gave more meaning to his transformation into a hero who fought to save others. Lucas' edit to make him shoot in defense was a different interpretation, but a weaker one. Without both versions, people may have just watched that scene without realizing the importance of it. About the only way you can get interpretation in movies and TV today are if they're intentionally made vague enough to be open to multiple interpretations by the viewer. Inception, or the ending of Pan's Labyrinth are examples of such ambiguity, and I think both movies were rated so highly partly because they added that element of interpretation which is missing from so many other shows.
  
  Right now, most copyright holders are scared to death to let others recreate their works or create derivative works, and thus use legal threats to squelch artistic reinterpretation of their work. I think society is lessened because of it. Kudos to Disney and Lucasfilm for allowing this one.
Legality by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 10:26 · Score: 0

What is the legal status of such a thing? Is this covered under fair use? Quoting a short passage is generally allowed, but isn't this like quoting the entirety?
Also, they have their own actors performing a copyrighted screenplay without any kind of permission, but it's not "a copy of the screenplay" since it's reverse-transcribed from the movie itself without ever having access to the copyrighted original.
So neither the movie nor the screenplay were literally copied. But clearly something was. Is it fair use?
1. Re:Legality by rkww · 2014-10-12 10:30 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  http://www.hollywoodreporter.c...
  Lucasfilm Debuts 'Empire Strikes Back Uncut.'
And Disney is OK with this? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 11:03 · Score: 0

Amazing!
Re:The uncut version by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 11:05 · Score: 0

The AC who was unjustly modded down earlier in this discussion was right! The word "uncut" in movie titles does make people think about uncircumcized penises!
awww man by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 11:30 · Score: 0

I thought this was the project to remove all the especially cringe worthy acting scenes from I, II, and III. Now that I want to see.
1. Re:awww man by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 11:51 · Score: 0
  
  Agreed. Put the films back to their ORIGINAL versions where they belong. No eye-catching junk that was added later. The version where Han shot Greedo to save his own skin, and no Hayden Christiansan in 4, 5, and 6. Stopped watching all Star Wars because of that nonsense. Thanks for nothing Lucas.
2. Re:awww man by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 17:06 · Score: 0
  
  I thought this was the project to remove all the especially cringe worthy acting scenes from I, II, and III. Now that I want to see.
  But you can!! We all can..
  Find a blank DVD, Blu Ray disk..
  Play it. All three movies minus the crap bits.
3. Re:awww man by 91degrees · 2014-10-12 19:12 · Score: 1
  
  But you still need to deal with the bad script.
Re:Who wants it? by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 12:06 · Score: 0

Obviously, the mods contributed to that horrible waste of time, and now they're seriously butthurt (anal seepage and everything), so they've gone on a downmod rampage to make themselves feel better.
Re: Who wants it? by denzacar · 2014-10-12 12:30 · Score: 1

I know.

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4 minutes 10 seconds by denzacar · 2014-10-12 12:33 · Score: 3, Funny

IT'S A CRAP!

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Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 15:52 · Score: 0

Found the gamegater!
Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by stoborrobots · 2014-10-12 20:55 · Score: 1

Wright's First Law of Gender Discernment: Everyone you meet on the Internet is a man, possibly over 50, probably overweight, most certainly balding.
(Note also, Wright's Qualification to the Laws of Gender Discernment: These laws do not govern the population of the Internet in its entirety; they are only valid for the population of the Internet that you will actually meet.)

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Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-12 23:11 · Score: 0

I also blame your mom for mine
Still a better movie than Phantom Menace! by HnT · 2014-10-12 23:48 · Score: 1

Even this "uncut" fan version is still a much better movie than PhantomMenace!

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Re:The uncut version by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-13 00:05 · Score: 0

That South Park movie is named "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" for a reason, and that was 15 years ago.
Re:Don't title your stuff "$OriginalTitleHere Uncu by Anonymous Coward · 2014-10-13 13:03 · Score: 0

What the fuck is a "gamer"? Sorry, but I don't keep up on hipster douchebag lingo.