Star Wars - The Epic Picture
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Faneditor: T-Bone 
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st June 2014
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:48m:0s
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Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: Adventure • Drama • War
Original Title: A Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Force 10 From Navarone (1978) Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Original Release Date: 1st January 1957
Original Runtime: 5h:1m:0s
Certificate: U
Format: Digital
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Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st June 2014
Fanedit Runtime: 2h:48m:0s
Time Cut: h:0m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: Adventure • Drama • War
Original Title: A Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Force 10 From Navarone (1978) Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966) Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) Original Release Date: 1st January 1957
Original Runtime: 5h:1m:0s
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Certificate: U
Format: Digital
Resolution:
Sound Mix:
Language:
Subtitles:
Synopsis:
Set over the course of 120 years, this film looks at the motivations and pasts of several seemingly unconnected characters who are kicking about the Star Wars universe, explores how different political factions and militias cope against impossible odds in a seemingly unwinnable war, armed with archaic weapons and equipment, and what the consequences could be should they fail. This is a Star Wars without lightsaber duels, one where the force itself is only mentioned in passing, Obi-Wan Kenobi is suffering from communist inspired delusions and Grigori Rasputin might well be controlling the biggest and most powerful army in existence. Does the Galactic Rebel Alliance have what it takes to bring down the insane, religious zealot known simply as, The Emperor?
Set over the course of 120 years, this film looks at the motivations and pasts of several seemingly unconnected characters who are kicking about the Star Wars universe, explores how different political factions and militias cope against impossible odds in a seemingly unwinnable war, armed with archaic weapons and equipment, and what the consequences could be should they fail. This is a Star Wars without lightsaber duels, one where the force itself is only mentioned in passing, Obi-Wan Kenobi is suffering from communist inspired delusions and Grigori Rasputin might well be controlling the biggest and most powerful army in existence. Does the Galactic Rebel Alliance have what it takes to bring down the insane, religious zealot known simply as, The Emperor?
Intentions:
What started out as a vague idea on a drunken night, became the epic that I ended up with here. There are loads of Star Wars edits out there. I had no desire to make a slightly different version of the actual films. Rather, I wanted to make something completely different, yet strangely familiar. To use footage and characters that we know and give them new backgrounds, motivations, relationships and futures. This is a mix that takes from a number of films and TV shows featuring various actors from the Star Wars films. An attempt to retell the story from "A New Hope", something that we are all very familiar with, and turn it around completely to make it into a whole new story.
What started out as a vague idea on a drunken night, became the epic that I ended up with here. There are loads of Star Wars edits out there. I had no desire to make a slightly different version of the actual films. Rather, I wanted to make something completely different, yet strangely familiar. To use footage and characters that we know and give them new backgrounds, motivations, relationships and futures. This is a mix that takes from a number of films and TV shows featuring various actors from the Star Wars films. An attempt to retell the story from "A New Hope", something that we are all very familiar with, and turn it around completely to make it into a whole new story.
Change List:
- Generally too difficult to give specifics, as most of this edit is made up of joining chunks of films, though there are MANY small and large audio and visual changes throughout. - Added 30s style newsreel at the beginning instead of the usual Star Wars opening crawl. - Added new music and sound effects where needed. - Changed voices for some characters using lines from other films/TV shows. - Added subtitles for non-English speaking parts.
- Generally too difficult to give specifics, as most of this edit is made up of joining chunks of films, though there are MANY small and large audio and visual changes throughout. - Added 30s style newsreel at the beginning instead of the usual Star Wars opening crawl. - Added new music and sound effects where needed. - Changed voices for some characters using lines from other films/TV shows. - Added subtitles for non-English speaking parts.
Additional Notes:
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Other Sources:
Visual: Dragonslayer, The Professionals (British TV series), Season of the Witch, Blade Runner, A Handful of Dust, Star Wars: AOTC, ROTS, ESB & ROTJ, The Clone Wars TV series plus many scenes from WW2 era archive footage. Audio: Crime and Punishment (TV miniseries) and Gorky Park for Ian Mcdiarmid lines. Added and changed music from Star Wars soundtracks, plus film score pieces from Michael Nyman, Angelo Badalamenti and Riz Ortolani, as well as some traditional and classical tunes. Aphex Twin for the ending scenes and credits. (sources also listed in end credits).
Visual: Dragonslayer, The Professionals (British TV series), Season of the Witch, Blade Runner, A Handful of Dust, Star Wars: AOTC, ROTS, ESB & ROTJ, The Clone Wars TV series plus many scenes from WW2 era archive footage. Audio: Crime and Punishment (TV miniseries) and Gorky Park for Ian Mcdiarmid lines. Added and changed music from Star Wars soundtracks, plus film score pieces from Michael Nyman, Angelo Badalamenti and Riz Ortolani, as well as some traditional and classical tunes. Aphex Twin for the ending scenes and credits. (sources also listed in end credits).
Special Thanks:
MatrixGrindhouse for the early reviews and advice.
MatrixGrindhouse for the early reviews and advice.
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