Epic Star Wars Fan Films

By: Booth Walter

Have you ever seen an alternate Star Wars prequel or sequel film set days before or after the events of the original Star Wars Movies? What about a movie that features only the adventures of Star Wars bad boy Han Solo?

If the above scenario sounds like creative ideas dreamt up by fans, that's because they are. The weird thing is is that these Star Wars fan films actually are in existence in the world and online for the true fan enjoy.

There are many films that are creations within 'fan film' arena - a breed of independent digital film-making. Star Wars fan films feature the particular scenes, characters, and the popular properties created along the same lines of the original story which most folks probably never get to view on the big screen or TV. Most independent film makers such as the Star Wars fan film maker go through even harder of work conditions to make their super creative fan film and because of the computer graphics involved - the work load is most likely more cumbersome than a typical independent short film maker and film. All of the technicalities of the film have to be explored over and over again - all of the scriptwriting, casting, on-set production and post-production, computer graphics, etc. However the ultimate challenge for these film makers is that they work directly with an entity that doesn't belong to them, a film idea originally created by someone else and in most cases without the consent of its original creator or copyrighting.

Most of the time, many of the creators for these alternate sequels and/or prequels have tactfully crafted fully realized universes that a person can basically come into and create their own fictional reality alongside the feature films of the 'big boys'. Equipped with low cost digital camcorders and broadband connections, the creators of these Star Wars fan films now have the ability to create and monetize their very own audiovisual production. With technology enabling the Stars Wars fan film maker to achieve near Hollywood results, it hasn't yet produced the key element of good film-making. Considering the wide breadth of digital film making in its entirety as well as the broadband internet technology capabilities that are on the market today, the Star Wars fan film has already advanced some of the more extreme possibilities of the fan film industry in addition to future logistical technologies. Just imagine the future possibilities with the advancement of technology and how far we've already come, ultimately making these films more realistic and complex is not something distant from our realm.

In regards to the legal matter surrounding fan films in general, the films themselves seem to fall into a gray area in between fan fiction and parody. These two elements of independent films are legally protected under US law which means that within the fan film scene, de facto rules inhibit most of the fan film makers from selling their work.

Justin Wilcox is the author of this article on Star-Wars Fan Films.
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