some Star Wars fan win
Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 15:49
http://www.news.com.au/technology/fans- ... 5853630100
Fans pay the ultimate tribute with Casey Pugh's Star Wars Uncut: The New Hope
TO all the Star Wars fans who think they've seen it all - think again.
Even George Lucas, with his boundless imagination matched only by his insatiable appetite for mining the franchise, couldn't have spun a more original take on the most beloved sci-fi film of all time.
The Star Wars world has been realised, re-realised, rewritten and resold in prequels, animated spinoffs, stage shows, television specials and video games.
There's even talk of a Star Wars sitcom written by Robot Chicken creator Seth Green.
And of all that followed The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, the vast majority met with a universal thumbs-down from the franchise's most hardcore fans.
Now those fans have come out in force to support a project by Casey Pugh, a developer with video-sharing site Vimeo, to recreate the original film in 15-second grabs.
Pugh invited fans to grab a scene and make it their own - and they did, in their thousands.
Of those, 473 scenes were collated into remaking the entire full-length feature, which will premiere at the CPH:PIX festival in Copenhagen on Monday night.
The result is a mind-bending mix of hilarious, cringe-inducing, mystifying animation and live action, all done with the approval of Lucasfilm and featuring the original John Williams score.
"It definitely has gone even further than what I hoped for," Pugh told The Big Interview while making the film.
"The amount of feedback people have given is incredible.
"When I first released the site, all the scenes were taken within three days.
"I have received almost every type of parody, film style and animation possible. It truly shows off the internet’s power to harness people’s creativity."
Watch the trailer for Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope:
[vimeo]10821312[/vimeo]
http://www.starwarsuncut.com/
Fans pay the ultimate tribute with Casey Pugh's Star Wars Uncut: The New Hope
TO all the Star Wars fans who think they've seen it all - think again.
Even George Lucas, with his boundless imagination matched only by his insatiable appetite for mining the franchise, couldn't have spun a more original take on the most beloved sci-fi film of all time.
The Star Wars world has been realised, re-realised, rewritten and resold in prequels, animated spinoffs, stage shows, television specials and video games.
There's even talk of a Star Wars sitcom written by Robot Chicken creator Seth Green.
And of all that followed The Empire Strikes Back in 1980, the vast majority met with a universal thumbs-down from the franchise's most hardcore fans.
Now those fans have come out in force to support a project by Casey Pugh, a developer with video-sharing site Vimeo, to recreate the original film in 15-second grabs.
Pugh invited fans to grab a scene and make it their own - and they did, in their thousands.
Of those, 473 scenes were collated into remaking the entire full-length feature, which will premiere at the CPH:PIX festival in Copenhagen on Monday night.
The result is a mind-bending mix of hilarious, cringe-inducing, mystifying animation and live action, all done with the approval of Lucasfilm and featuring the original John Williams score.
"It definitely has gone even further than what I hoped for," Pugh told The Big Interview while making the film.
"The amount of feedback people have given is incredible.
"When I first released the site, all the scenes were taken within three days.
"I have received almost every type of parody, film style and animation possible. It truly shows off the internet’s power to harness people’s creativity."
Watch the trailer for Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope:
[vimeo]10821312[/vimeo]
http://www.starwarsuncut.com/
