A Mosaic of Devotion

[readerjane]

This is a remake of Star Wars: A New Hope, made by many fans in fifteen-second slices. It must have taken a mountain of coordination. The video is full-length; over 2 hours long. Some fans filmed their segments with low-res animation. Some dressed up in costume. Some used action figures or Lego characters. Some dubbed in the original voices; some used their own. Production values shift every few moments. And it's brilliant.

I love what this says about fandom. That we're passionate, creative, goofy, a little obsessive. We're those nerds who say, "This is cool! Isn't this cool? Let's make our own!" We share. We cooperate. And even though we squabble, sometimes we band together and achieve marvels.

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[lostboy-lj.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if/when one of my f-list buddies might mention this gem. I watched this a couple of month ago and was blown away by how effective and watchable it was. Surreal, trippy, funny and touching. It's definitely one of the best fan-made arts around... and 100x more heartfelt and entertaining than anything George Lucaa has done lately. Cheers :)

[readerjane]

I watched the first fifteen minutes or so this morning and then had to sternly order myself to get ready for work. Saving the rest for this weekend. It's so fun watching it shift from one segment to another -- sort of like an old vinyl record that skips over a scratch but still manages to keep playing the tune.

[spikes-minion.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine's husband and sons had three clips included in the finished product. They filmed this years ago--it took two years just to get the rights squared away. She came to visit and brought me a DVD, but of course, it's available on Netflix.

I'm not a huge Star Wars geek, but coincidentally, I'd been working my way through the six films with my kids on movie nights, and I'd just re-watched A New Hope, so I was extremely impressed by how well this shot-for-shot remake was put together.