Star Wars- Revelations (Free Indie film)
Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 12:17 am
http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/
Did you know that George Lucas has officially allowed non-profit independent film-making of Star Wars spin-offs? This has led to a huge number of parodies and semi-serious film shorts, but it's also inspired some more professional jobs.
I discovered Revelations, a 47 minute production available for free download. It's remarkably good, limited only by some moments of dead-pan acting and the fact that they couldn't get the original voices for Vader and Palpatine. (The people they got, however, weren't bad.)
Visually it's quite fantastic, on par with contemporary TV sci-fi and pretty good at matching the flavor of the Star Wars movies. In terms of story, some might argue that it's better than some of the actual prequels.
It creates a nice, extensive subplot within the Star Wars universe between the old and new trilogies, perfect for role-playing gamers who want to run campaigns with Jedi without contradicting the official storyline.
There are numerous mirror sites for downloading the movie, both directly and as BitTorrents. But, the most reliable one I've found is on the host site itself. I downloaded the Quicktime version at:
http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelatio ... movie.html
Note that this movie is both free and legal, but it would become illegal if sold for profit, and therefore the producers themselves insist that you go out of your way not to pay for it. To that end, it's a great example of how P2P technology like BitTorrent do have legitimate uses.
Did you know that George Lucas has officially allowed non-profit independent film-making of Star Wars spin-offs? This has led to a huge number of parodies and semi-serious film shorts, but it's also inspired some more professional jobs.
I discovered Revelations, a 47 minute production available for free download. It's remarkably good, limited only by some moments of dead-pan acting and the fact that they couldn't get the original voices for Vader and Palpatine. (The people they got, however, weren't bad.)
Visually it's quite fantastic, on par with contemporary TV sci-fi and pretty good at matching the flavor of the Star Wars movies. In terms of story, some might argue that it's better than some of the actual prequels.
It creates a nice, extensive subplot within the Star Wars universe between the old and new trilogies, perfect for role-playing gamers who want to run campaigns with Jedi without contradicting the official storyline.
There are numerous mirror sites for downloading the movie, both directly and as BitTorrents. But, the most reliable one I've found is on the host site itself. I downloaded the Quicktime version at:
http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelatio ... movie.html
Note that this movie is both free and legal, but it would become illegal if sold for profit, and therefore the producers themselves insist that you go out of your way not to pay for it. To that end, it's a great example of how P2P technology like BitTorrent do have legitimate uses.