Geez, this was really good. I know this is four years old (July 2024 now), but generally speaking, it seems like fan films across the board have passed a tipping point into high quality cinematography! Also, the duels are getting really good as well. This particular film was very enjoyable to watch and I appreciate being able to get lost in the story. Thank you!
@@ronjon7942 thank you for the kind words! Glad people are still stumbling across our little fan film and enjoying it. It was a labor of love and we are grateful for all of the positive feedback!
Incredibly well done, good story and good effects. You should be proud of this movie. I truly enjoyed watching it as it was one of the better fan films I've watched.
Jake, thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it. We learned a lot from the experience and will endeavor to make the next one even better!
What works about this film, is that it's a simple story, and the writers &/or producers don't bite off more than the audience can chew, or try to create some grandiose epic, in the ~30 min time allotment.
@@fasteddie4107 it’s funny because we were supposed to remove all of the text from the containers and put the Star Wars type all over them. After 6 months of VFX work that just wasn’t in the cards for the two of us because we’d burned out on rotoscoping the sabers!
Thank you Alex. Andrew was a special person, the biggest Star Wars fan I’d ever met. Even though we didn’t have a chance to make this film together, I hope he was able to watch it, wherever he is...
The beginning is definitely my favorite part. I don't think I have ever seen a better representation of what jedi are supposed to be. I'm sure I'm in for an emotional ride, but I can say with the utmost confidence that your friend would have been so proud of what you did
Very well done, folks. A fitting addition to the Star Wars Universe I've been watching closely for the last 45 years. My personal D. W. library is currently at over 600 novels and counting, but this is as original as it gets. Wonderful story, outstanding cast, & great F/X. Be very proud of your project. May The Force Be With You ALL!!
Michael, thank you so much for the kind words! Always reinvigorating to find folks that enjoy the work and appreciate the love and care put into these fan films! May the force be with you!
I didn’t like the shipping containers that being said I understand budget issues and using resources you had at hand but saving a lil more for the movie to correct/ accurate landscapes would have increased the experience tenfold other than some of the landscapes I enjoyed it and the story and yea kit fisto vibes ....did a better job than I could have at all so yea just saying not hating lol just some advice I believe would boost overall quality and make it more enjoyable
Comments: I like this, especially the beginning. Me: Your a consular dude. Of course your connection to the Force is stronger than the Guardian's. Anyway, I like this.
Good, great Fx's. My only peve was the X-Wing's S-Foils in stack formation when jumping to lightspeed.. but great short!! Keep em going!!!!! OG-3 forever.
Really depends on the Jedi and their views. He could’ve felt he let his emotions dictate a fight, and get the better of him. Where he felt not replacing it to leave a reminder for him to not let emotions guide his path or his battles.
Film Rating 7.6 This fan film is quite good. I like how you used many different places for filming. This film had a great story. But there is few things that you can make better. Quality wasn't perfect. And You can use different angles when filming. But Overall this film was good. Good film comparing to budget
Thank you Chandler! We just took a photo of the finished lightsaber and cropped it into a dozen small photos and individually animated each one. The crystal was also a photo of the same crystal Dai uses throughout the film. A 3D saber would have been ideal, but we didn’t have an advanced animator for the project. As for suggestions, I’d say do your best to find locations that are exotic or outlandish, places you rarely see. It’s a difficult task, but I think it’s one of the main complaints I see from SW fans. As for the dialogue, keep it short and sweet if you can, ours is even too long winded at times, we just had too much story to chew through. People love seeing action, so do your best to practice the choreography. And lastly, just have fun, remember, it’s your fan film, make it however you want!
I’m confused, the padawan was sent on a trial by his master to retrieve a Sith holocron and I thought he did, until he got back with his master and said that he was sorry he failed him. But then the master pulls out the fucking holocron?? Then I’m confused is the girl actually sith? Or is that a vision that the padawan had?? Please explain someone
Drew all good questions! The holocron was essentially destroyed/deactivated by Dai, so he felt like he failed his master. Master Atton tries to sense whatever is left of the holocron. Ora Sye acquires something from the dark entity, and perhaps it influences her dark side...
Good to see Ikea are still going in a galaxy faf far away- and the containers from Earth got there ok- HGV space runs in 20 parsecs or your money back!!
The scenes could have been a bit more streamlined and more fluid and the battle scenes would be a bit better if the choreography was smoother or to compensate repeat the scenes and cut a few more times for a feel of faster movement. With that said though I like the overall story. I especially like the ending. It’s pretty much how I would have made it. Well done over all.
How does ome go about finding the characters’ names of this (and others) fan film? I was hoping they’d generally be in the description, but that doesn’t seem to happen often.
So... I would like to start this with this is INCREDIBLY impressive and I with an infinite amount of money and 20 years I would never be able to recreate it but I personally think this fan film has some issues, my biggest issue is definitely the directing, some of the lines sound a bit odd and the camera man definitely could have done some things better, like getting the fuck away from the actors. Another issue was the dialog, it's kind of apparent especially in the beginning that the characters weren't wearing mics as the apprentice sounded distant. Another issue is the location, I understand it was probably the best you could do with the budget but couldn't you find a nice forest or clearing? That might have made it seem more natural for star wars but I can live with it. Everything else was fine or great, especially the special effects, like I could never dis those but say I don't know how to talk about special effects I'm not going to get into it. Good work. 6.5/10 not bad just needs a bit of work, if the budget was 0 then it's a 9.5/10
Sequel? I want to see what happens with Aurora(?) now that she is posessed(?) by the sith spirit of Dai's brother. Frankly, I want to see her go on a one-woman war with the Jedi and show what RotS did not. The fallen Jedi killing everyone in the temple. Maybe she could even seduce Dai to the dark side? Or better yet. They convince each other to abandon the extreme sides of the force and unite in the grey area.
You are correct! That is the Abram’s Bad Robot. We designed and built it entirely from scratch and then 3D printed the model. It was so large it took almost two weeks to print all of the pieces!
@@mac1701e yes good catch! The x-wing would not have existed in the Old Republic, but our VFX budget was tapped out at that point and I couldn’t find anyone to voluntarily create a 3D model for us. I would love to work on a part 2, I have a story outline I’m quite happy with!
Financial records are for those with the right reply. There is always something not to write around here. I could not do bookkeeping and do it and that's the other reason. That is a bookkeeper. Relating to Star Wars was easy before. Where is God?
Hey guys, I know you're operating on a low budget production, but could you at least try to choose other settings to film such that it appears other worldly?
This was great, guys! Well done! Here's another one that came out recently. A lot shorter but another great fan film: ruclips.net/video/bW8dpB_2MgM/видео.html
The lights are very low one can't see the characters playing in this movie. Can't you people do better? There's also no captions for sharing different languages.
These Star Wars fan films are keeping Star Wars alive.
Geez, this was really good. I know this is four years old (July 2024 now), but generally speaking, it seems like fan films across the board have passed a tipping point into high quality cinematography! Also, the duels are getting really good as well. This particular film was very enjoyable to watch and I appreciate being able to get lost in the story. Thank you!
I agree.
@@ronjon7942 thank you for the kind words! Glad people are still stumbling across our little fan film and enjoying it. It was a labor of love and we are grateful for all of the positive feedback!
Incredibly well done, good story and good effects. You should be proud of this movie. I truly enjoyed watching it as it was one of the better fan films I've watched.
Jake, thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed it. We learned a lot from the experience and will endeavor to make the next one even better!
What works about this film, is that it's a simple story, and the writers &/or producers don't bite off more than the audience can chew, or try to create some grandiose epic, in the ~30 min time allotment.
Thank you Andy. Appreciate the kind words. Wish we could have done more with it, but the budget, which was essentially zero, only goes so far!
I love how it appears like they are on a campus setting for a Jedi Academy.
I love knowing that hundreds of years from now we will still be using metal racking and shipping containers. Timeless.
You do realize that SW takes place in the past right?
Does it?
@drunkpunch7334 Does it?
@@fasteddie4107 it’s funny because we were supposed to remove all of the text from the containers and put the Star Wars type all over them. After 6 months of VFX work that just wasn’t in the cards for the two of us because we’d burned out on rotoscoping the sabers!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Apparently the key words being "A long time ago".
A really nice tribute to your friend. Much respect
Thank you Alex. Andrew was a special person, the biggest Star Wars fan I’d ever met. Even though we didn’t have a chance to make this film together, I hope he was able to watch it, wherever he is...
@@RedJacketFilms Thank you for the reply! :) I know I’m a year late, but I’m definitely sure he’d be proud!
This was amazing!
I love this. This is one of the best Fan films I have seen. Great work!
Ifunny brought me here and I am not disappointed. Awesome job!
The beginning is definitely my favorite part. I don't think I have ever seen a better representation of what jedi are supposed to be. I'm sure I'm in for an emotional ride, but I can say with the utmost confidence that your friend would have been so proud of what you did
Well done.. by actors, producers and all involved!! Very proud to say I know all of you! Did not disappoint!!
I'm 9 min in and this is already better then the last 3 films
The cinematography of this is amazing, I definitely loved this!
Very nicely done! Beautiful locations!
Great film, I was happy it wasn't in the woods like 95 percent of the other fan films.
Very well done, folks. A fitting addition to the Star Wars Universe I've been watching closely for the last 45 years. My personal D. W. library is currently at over 600 novels and counting, but this is as original as it gets.
Wonderful story, outstanding cast, & great F/X. Be very proud of your project. May The Force Be With You ALL!!
Michael, thank you so much for the kind words! Always reinvigorating to find folks that enjoy the work and appreciate the love and care put into these fan films! May the force be with you!
Well done... A worthy addition to the jedi archives!
We need this director working for Disney
No way, Disney would chew'em up and spit'em out! They have creative freedom and story accuracy this way.
They just need producers and sales pr.
LOL
Acidic Dopamine another fan film better than Disney
No we don't we need him working on his own stuff Disney doesn't deserve anymore of our money
Very VERY good! The locations could've been better but hey, fan-films CAN NOT be perfect💜
Very impressive, most impressive. Fantastic work
I don't understand the dislike, it was really great ;)
Andrew Protsko would be so proud of you!
Mic Thank you so much for the kind words and support! I like to think so too! 🙂
Loved the naughty robot!.
Great plot and story line with this movie pilot I'm interested if your going to do more to this cliffhanger to flush the characters out.
This is great only problem I really have is the main character wouldn’t stop smiling in serious moments :/
I liked that. Kit Fisto vibe
Kit Fisto vibe
KIt Fisto would be proud and smiling.
I didn’t like the shipping containers that being said I understand budget issues and using resources you had at hand but saving a lil more for the movie to correct/ accurate landscapes would have increased the experience tenfold other than some of the landscapes I enjoyed it and the story and yea kit fisto vibes ....did a better job than I could have at all so yea just saying not hating lol just some advice I believe would boost overall quality and make it more enjoyable
The arrogance of the Jedi Order is the peeve of all aspiring young Sith.
This is fantastic, extremely well done, keep it up guys!
P.S. loved the Old Republic music in the credits😊
I like how you did this. The ending certainly seems to set things up for a sequel, wonder if that'd ever happen. Either way y'all still did good.
Very nicely done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I hate to disagree with you because you might be cute but I must disagree my lady
Hate to disagree because you might be cute but I must
Awesome work!!! I can't wait to see more films from you!
Whoa!!! Major plot twist.....wasn't expecting that at all. Nice work!!🔥🔥
Very good, acting on point!
Comments: I like this, especially the beginning.
Me: Your a consular dude. Of course your connection to the Force is stronger than the Guardian's.
Anyway, I like this.
Good, great Fx's. My only peve was the X-Wing's S-Foils in stack formation when jumping to lightspeed.. but great short!! Keep em going!!!!!
OG-3 forever.
were x-wings or anything like them even around in the old republic ?
Very cool
A one armed Jedi? Why couldn't we see some of this in SW? Don't tell me they always had robotics available.
Some Jedi viewed cybernetics as sacrilege
in the Legacy comics Wolf Zazen had one arm.
Really depends on the Jedi and their views. He could’ve felt he let his emotions dictate a fight, and get the better of him. Where he felt not replacing it to leave a reminder for him to not let emotions guide his path or his battles.
Yeah I agree. A jedi should choose whether to have robotic limbs or not. Also, I think a blind jedi would also be powerful legit.
They have spaceships, so yes, always.
This was such a great Film! Will there be a sequal I think it would be really cool!
This was enjoyable. I hope you guys do a follow up film
Me too!
@@katstoneback Congrats on the film, enjoyed your character arc immensely....
Impressive
omg this was posted on my b-day :)
Film Rating 7.6
This fan film is quite good. I like how you used many different places for filming. This film had a great story. But there is few things that you can make better. Quality wasn't perfect. And You can use different angles when filming. But Overall this film was good. Good film comparing to budget
This was great one of the best Star Wars fan films I've seen. Is a sequel possible?
Hey isn't that that JJ'S "Bad Robot"? That is used as the mascot for his Bad Robot film production company?
Please let me know if I'm correct......
Jay Moore you are correct! Nice catch! We did create ZeDe4 as a loving tribute to J.J.’s Bad Robot.
Sweet! Great fanfilm
This video is amazing!
There better be a sequel
I need a part 2 asap
so much better than the actual movie
Woah, plot twist, didnt see that coming at the end lol
Great Soundunderdrawing! :O)
This is so cool! How did you get the lightsaber building animation like that? Also, my friends and I are doing a fan film, any suggestions?
Thank you Chandler! We just took a photo of the finished lightsaber and cropped it into a dozen small photos and individually animated each one. The crystal was also a photo of the same crystal Dai uses throughout the film. A 3D saber would have been ideal, but we didn’t have an advanced animator for the project. As for suggestions, I’d say do your best to find locations that are exotic or outlandish, places you rarely see. It’s a difficult task, but I think it’s one of the main complaints I see from SW fans. As for the dialogue, keep it short and sweet if you can, ours is even too long winded at times, we just had too much story to chew through. People love seeing action, so do your best to practice the choreography. And lastly, just have fun, remember, it’s your fan film, make it however you want!
@@RedJacketFilms thank you! This is very helpful.
Dang the scripting is awesome brah Keep it up!!! But....The voices
why has this only 720 views...
Bad Robot!
Seriously, JJ Abrams' company's logo?
Great 👍 movie
Awesome.. and another example of what Disney COULD achieve. Here before 200 views?? Sweet
What did this fanfilm Disney didnt?
I’m confused, the padawan was sent on a trial by his master to retrieve a Sith holocron and I thought he did, until he got back with his master and said that he was sorry he failed him. But then the master pulls out the fucking holocron?? Then I’m confused is the girl actually sith? Or is that a vision that the padawan had?? Please explain someone
Drew all good questions! The holocron was essentially destroyed/deactivated by Dai, so he felt like he failed his master. Master Atton tries to sense whatever is left of the holocron. Ora Sye acquires something from the dark entity, and perhaps it influences her dark side...
RedJacketFilms will there be a part 2 to this?
Well done!!
Bad robot. Ha. That's what I was waiting for. 😄
Good to see Ikea are still going in a galaxy faf far away- and the containers from Earth got there ok- HGV space runs in 20 parsecs or your money back!!
The scenes could have been a bit more streamlined and more fluid and the battle scenes would be a bit better if the choreography was smoother or to compensate repeat the scenes and cut a few more times for a feel of faster movement. With that said though I like the overall story. I especially like the ending. It’s pretty much how I would have made it. Well done over all.
How does ome go about finding the characters’ names of this (and others) fan film? I was hoping they’d generally be in the description, but that doesn’t seem to happen often.
Really wanna see more fan made flicks like this, if anyone knows any good ones you could comment me them please and thank you
So... I would like to start this with this is INCREDIBLY impressive and I with an infinite amount of money and 20 years I would never be able to recreate it but I personally think this fan film has some issues, my biggest issue is definitely the directing, some of the lines sound a bit odd and the camera man definitely could have done some things better, like getting the fuck away from the actors. Another issue was the dialog, it's kind of apparent especially in the beginning that the characters weren't wearing mics as the apprentice sounded distant. Another issue is the location, I understand it was probably the best you could do with the budget but couldn't you find a nice forest or clearing? That might have made it seem more natural for star wars but I can live with it. Everything else was fine or great, especially the special effects, like I could never dis those but say I don't know how to talk about special effects I'm not going to get into it. Good work.
6.5/10 not bad just needs a bit of work, if the budget was 0 then it's a 9.5/10
AWESOME!!!
Sequel???
Good little fan film. Is this the bald Jedi order haha.
Think the best about this was the use of the SWTOR soundtrack.
Wait... was that an x-wing? Those didn’t come into production until the time of the Empire
This robot is the brand of Bad Robot, a film production for Mission:Imposible Rouge Nation.
Andrei Bidirean Bad Robot is Abrams’ production company
at the end the girl totally had a mara jade look going on with the red hair and purple blade.
Sequel? I want to see what happens with Aurora(?) now that she is posessed(?) by the sith spirit of Dai's brother. Frankly, I want to see her go on a one-woman war with the Jedi and show what RotS did not. The fallen Jedi killing everyone in the temple. Maybe she could even seduce Dai to the dark side? Or better yet. They convince each other to abandon the extreme sides of the force and unite in the grey area.
ok i laughed my ass off when you had JJ Abrambs Bad Robot logo as a droid or correct me if i'm wrong
You are correct! That is the Abram’s Bad Robot. We designed and built it entirely from scratch and then 3D printed the model. It was so large it took almost two weeks to print all of the pieces!
Is this the old republic like prequals or old republic like thousands of years ago
Crazy Place Entertainment this would be the old republic, around 4,000 years before the battle of Yavin!
Two things, how old is the X-wing? I didn't think there were any that far back in Star Wars history, and is there a part 2?
@@mac1701e yes good catch! The x-wing would not have existed in the Old Republic, but our VFX budget was tapped out at that point and I couldn’t find anyone to voluntarily create a 3D model for us. I would love to work on a part 2, I have a story outline I’m quite happy with!
@RedJacketFilms definitely give us a part 2
Good job 👍
A purple light saber. Never seen that before.
Ho! Cliffhanger! But seriously, well done.
Was that supposed to be a ghostfire crystal on his necklace
very good (but I am a little confused)
Jedi?
Pretty good up until you showed the storage units. Should green screen in something else.
Um... Did they film that one scene in a shipping container full of drugs? Lmao great flick tho keep up the good work
Maybe if Lucas would've hired some new blood to write a dope ass star wars movie then Disney wouldn't have fucked up the franchise just my thought.
His arm is definitely in his outfit 😂 great fan film tho!
Love the cargo containers so original.
They don't have regular doors in space
Why does a Jedi have a x wing
Budget
Color changing planets
Financial records are for those with the right reply. There is always something not to write around here. I could not do bookkeeping and do it and that's the other reason. That is a bookkeeper. Relating to Star Wars was easy before. Where is God?
Hey guys, I know you're operating on a low budget production, but could you at least try to choose other settings to film such that it appears other worldly?
Try star words it let's you make realistic looking star wars openings
This one was like acolyte level bad.
I really like it but I wish when they fought they would have stricken faster it was a bit slow for me
Fan Film Fundraiser is here: ruclips.net/video/e2hzBEB_GS8/видео.html
This was great, guys! Well done! Here's another one that came out recently. A lot shorter but another great fan film:
ruclips.net/video/bW8dpB_2MgM/видео.html
:)
Freight rail storage units.REALLY?
bad robot
Not bad. Just needs less smiling in serious moments
The lights are very low one can't see the characters playing in this movie. Can't you people do better? There's also no captions for sharing different languages.
Yeah, we usually refer to that as nighttime.
Even in dark scenes highlighting the main figures are still required. That’s why the viewership is so low.