You would think that after 25 years, we would finally get the actual film of “Shadows of the Empire.” I would want to see it happen even if it was created through animation.
How else could they do A 5.5 Star Wars movie? On second thought, THEY SHOULD DO THIS! Use the kid from MANDALORIAN for Luke. Than they would just need Morrison, Glover and A Leia look - a - like. If Disney had A Brain in their head, it would put A Huge arm shot back into Star Wars cinema.
@@LiveNiceness14 oh yeah, make no mistake Luke's greatest accomplishment is that he was able to marry Mara. Man had to win over a woman who was dead set on killing him who was even at her worst day an 11.
This was fun. Brought me back to 1996. Everything about SOTE was awesome, from the story, to the new characters, to the score, to the video game and comics. All of it was great and felt like it fit just perfectly between Empire and Jedi. Even George Lucas endorsed it.
Right on. I was 3 years old in ‘96 and i didnt get turned on to SOTE until around ‘99 by my older cousins who had the figures and the N64 game. Now being 31, SOTE is one of my best nostalgia feel good memories of Star Wars. The dark, gritty, underworld feel of it all is what I love most about the franchise. Dash Rendar fighting Boba Fett at Gall Spaceport, the giant dianoga in the sewer, and Luke disguised as an Imperial Guard. I would have loved to see this adapted into a movie.
I thought "Shadows of the Empire" was guilty of this by making Chewie slip and fall on his bum, while Dash never missed a shot. Rey makes Dash look like a gritty, epic hero.
I’ll always have fond memories of Shadows of the Empire on the N64, it was one of the first games I played as a child after lending it from my cousin, what a great game man, might get round to listening to the audiobook eventually.
What's significant is that Leia and the primary antagonist have so much in common: both are former royals who's home planets and former lives were destroyed by darth vader. They seek vindication in different ways; she through leadership in the rebellion, he through manipulation in order to gain imperial favor. It's dramatic irony once Vader's son destroys Xizor's second home who does he meet above Corescant???
With you there. The sequels should have been the Thrawn Trilogy for something different or Dark Empire, if they wanted to got with more super weapons and lightsaber duels.
Don’t pull Kylo into that group. Kylo Ren was actually a great & extremely layered character, arguably one of the best in the saga. But the rest I understand.
I fondly remember 1996 - along with this book’s release, I was thrilled to see that all three films had been re-released with updates... there was so much marketing around this book’s release - action figures, etc... I remember eagerly anticipating a screenplay and film from this well-marketed novel; I was very disappointed to see that it never happened... Sucks, too - most of us were really hungry for something new, and this would have been perfect!
There’s was no plan for a movie ever why would you be waiting for a screen play Shadows more or less was done to redo all of the lapsed licensing deals
@@burntvirtue waltz discecny corporate bift it up after about 2015-ish mostly be ignoring fan's and OG cannon and tried to go to 1970's from the beginning but that doesn't work what would have worked is a different angle/version as its doesn't have all of the pieces like how RD-2 comes to the rebels and or has the blueprints that are needed later on in the trillilady/franchise
Disney should &/or Easily could MAKE A _Shadows_ (STAR WARS 5.5) movie. It could serve as an ANDOR sequel as well.. Use the Luke actor from MANDALORIAN. Ford is Frozen in Carbonite. Use Glover again for Lando, Morrison would Love to play OG Fett. You would need A Leia Look- A - like. And Xizor & Dash would obviously be new actors anyway. The rest our just voice work. If DISNEY had A Brain in their Head, this would be in production. The Perfect place to introduce MARA JADE! It would 100% give Star Wars Cinema- The Arm Shot it desperately needs!
could they add in pod racing and a asteroid smuggling section? where you have to evade a imperial picket patrol in dash rendars ship or the falcon depending on which story arc your in, and you have to save the cargo, the people, and the ship which has illicit tech? they could even have a amazing scene of game sections where you have to slice into a computer terminal using ig 88 or one of his companions, and then infiltrate the death star II project while simultaniously using the intrusion to send data to other IG88s who in turn will send important data to the rebellion through leia, who you then have to get to her by using bothans again as well as the IG88 that escorts them through a nightmare melange of aliens, droids, and imperial hooligans on a forbiden training world where black ops troopers are trained and was the only place they could use to communicate with the death star two central computer. which leads to the bothans trying to get to Leia, and you play as Leia after they arrive at the rendevous, but then Leia gets intercepted and you have to fight off storm troopers and spend three levels that ends with you fighting the black sun pirates and they eventually trap you in a place where you are locked in one of thier starships you tried to steal and it backfires etc but you manage to distract the pirates so that Luke or Lando can escape and alert the rest to whats happening which leads to the attempt to figure out where the black sun pirates took her
@Joshua Sharwood They could hand made it. They were really tempted. The actors were still close enough to their 1980s appearance it still could have happened.
I think that the Alliance to Preserve the Expanded Universe would love this. I'm a member of that Facebook group, and I would definitely be glad to share this to them. The EU is alive and blazing like a phoenix. It's time to spread the word. This one salutes you from Costa Rica!
Love the group. But this Is a pretty old novel. I know they have a comic strip here.. but the original is over 3 hours long. I hate that I can't find it anymore because I didn't finish it. So Idk how much is missing in this abridged version.
Currently in the works of making a large scale SOTE Film/Web Series. We've got so much talent, well known fan-film people, equipment, dedication and an amazing adaption of the game (and a little of the book) in our scripts. Our scripts have been in writing for a year, and its just about done! We have concept artists drawing up some AMAZING stuff, and some AMAZING actors and voice actors you wouldnt believe! We will be releasing a proof of concept video and promotional for our Kickstarter soon! Let's keep the EU alive with stories like these!
If you want someone on your team that can bring serious energy and creative directions to the project you should send me a line. Ive got stacks of episode ideas.
To me Star Wars has always be more than just a fun movie series. Its an idea. To be more than what we already are. To explore the wonders beyond what we already know. To change what is. To become the best version of ourselves. And the true beauty of it is that it's never meant to be a one hero story. No single paragon of justice with all the gifts and answers (I'm looking at you Rey 😠). But a coming together of beings that come from all walks of life, some not to dissimilar to our own. Saviors, villains, moral greys. And that is how it reaches out to us. It is more than just a story. It is a call to break the bonds of stagnation, and dare to live.
The two best lines in this. "I WILL risk the Emperor's displeasure Xizor...however YOU will not be there to see it...this time." and They had played Xizor's little game long enough...now they would play Vader's...
_Shadows_ is 100% the Arm shot Disney Cinema Needs! A single STAR WARS 5.5 MOVIE. Glover Returns to play Lando, Morrison plays Fett, The Luke actor from the MANDALORIAN reappears. All they would need is A simple Leia Look - A - Like. The rest is voice work. The film would sequel ANDOR as well. And introduce the world to Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor & Luke's Wife Mara Jade.
the soundtrack and score for Shadows is amazing but that theme music score for the end Skyhook battle is just epic, immortal even. It's criminal Disney are sitting on a absolute gem here and won't adapt *Shadows of the Empire* into "A Star Wars Story", much in the kind of style of Rogue One.
I love it when they have storys connected like this, like how you can imagine a character of camera after seeing them in a different camera angle, like the intro where the Black sun dude being in the background of this important moment.
Disney has all the BEST NOVELS, basically they got handed the complete blueprint to the future of Star Wars. all they had to do was script these awesome novels up and BAMM..........but no....lets un-cannonize them and start from scratch........buffoons
Disney probably found them old fashioned. There was a lot of... modern day agenda... that they couldn’t fit in if they had used the novels. That’s what I think happened.
Played the game back when I was 5 and am currently reading the book. I was dying for a film of this, and saddened to learn it was non canon. Although seeing the new films and how much they miss the mark of what makes a good star wars film, I'm glad they did. Imagination is better anyways. But this video is all we need :)
This is brilliant, what a great compilation of moving image, score and narration. Felt like a real movie and truly captured the uniqueness of Star Wars ☺ Good Job!
Your video touch me at my core when it comes to Star Wars. This was an excellent salute to the Shadows of the Empire community. I really do appreciate you taking the time to make this for us. Your video proves two things. One, Star Wars still matters and holds mystery and imagination. Two, this's why RUclips matters the fans have a powerful voice. No one can make a better movie than the fans. Thank you for your hard efforts to bring this story to life. Because of you I now will buy the novel and play the game again😊!
This brings about a lot of nostalgia to me from when I played the game version on my N64. I never read the book of it, but loved it regardless. You did a really excellent job bringing it into a movie format.
This movie is a masterpiece! None of the 3 movies of that "sequel" can be compared with this. THIS IS Star Wars at its finest. I love the FAQ and the special thanks at the post-credits, I agree with everything you said.
1:31:44 - As a 3d artist working in the game industry i say the effort that you put into this is admirable and thanks a lot for making it, never saw Shadows of the Empire illustrated like this and I loved it! I dont think this would be my only time watching it either ;p
Still no clue on how Disney could be as foolish as they were not to keep the canon already in place. Hell of a lot better then the shit they put out for 7-9
@Darren Mcclean maybe it will all be a dream, like the ending to the TV show, Dallas! Luke is still alive with Mara Jade, and the Solo's are a complete family still.... then, take it from there!
Shadows of the empire was excellent book! Heir to the Empire was about the best series I’ve ever read!. The rest - give or take, Star Wars surely had some classics that would’ve been great movies. Smh- what A shame these new movies have brought...
A long long time ago this was the first star wars book I read. I still have my hard back copy signed by Steve Perry that I picked up at a small store in a small town in the PNW. Anyways, this was well done and I enjoyed it 👍
this is well done , I have this book on audio cassette and the audio is sped up here , but that seems to be the case with the audio of this book that has been uploaded to this site in recent years as to prevent it being taken down . This is one of my favorite star wars books ever written , although , I do enjoy the new films as well and some of the new books .I feel that just as with the old stuff , there is good and bad stuff , but it is all subjective .anyway , nice choice of images as well as pans / camera moves and soft filters for the flashback sequence . Joel Mcneely's score is also well integrated here and does not overpower the dialogue . I also like the intro and the books scrolling past and the Shadows novel coming forward . Nice use of images from Rogue One there at the 29:19 minute mark btw , as well as the cover to the cannon Lando comic series as well . Also , I like the fact that George softened his stance and started to embrace the new movies , visiting the set of Rogue One , Directing a short scene in the Solo movie etc . I just bought about 20 of the 90s Bantam era EU paperbacks for 50 cents each at a library sale , first printings . Although I have seen all of the legends books on the shelves in every bookstore I have been in for the past 4 years , so I do appreciate that they are still in print and money was spent to make them available to those who wish to read them .lastly , this is a very enjoyable production you have made , I attempted this years ago before youtube was a thing , with a cassette player , the tops cards and a vhs-c camcorder but never got around to finishing it .thank you for helping me see a little bit of my own bias and that the old and the new can coexist . And though I do not agree with all of your views and feel some things may have been taken out of context , you clearly love the material and put a lot of effort into this , so you have earned a subscriber . I hope to see more projects like this one .Maybe one day we can get animated versions of these books ala the DC animated universe .I hear Mark Hamill is a great voice actor ...
This took a hell of a lot of work, i'm glad you appreciated those little details, i tried to make it as good as possible and am happy someone can appreciate the work :)
Just finished the opening crawl and already this is 1000x more interesting than anything we’ve received from Disney! Can’t wait to enjoy the rest of this
only reason lucas sold it to Disney was (not money) because of fans and critics constantly complained!!! his creation was constantly scrutinized to death such that he had basic no control over his creativity.... he lost the interest and hope such that he did not want to do anything with starwars world.... see jake Lloyd's and ahmen best's character destruction by asshole fans!!!!!!!!!! too many assholes overtly do star wars to death that the whole world of star wars is just a idiotic fetish machine!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think everyone of asshole fanatics should be put on star destroyer and burned at the lava planet where all jedis perished....
So much better than the Disney crap we get now. Yes, Rogue One and The Mandalorian can stay. PLEASE to this same treatment with the true sequel trilogy, "Timothy Zahn's Trilogy"
Rebels series was amazing, rumor is that they're in development of another Star Wars Rebels series. *If you listen closely to all the voices urging Rey to fight against Palpatine, you will hear Asokha Tano speaking to her saying that she's not a Jedi.* *Spoiler Alert she's still alive during Star Wars Episodes IV-VIII*
Back when Videogame magazines were a thing in the mid/late 90's, Shadows of the Empire for the Nintendo 64 stuck out back then, but I never got to play that game... This was an awesome video to watch & LISTEN to. Thank You.
This brought me to a place I haven’t been since when I was a small child. Something about this just drips nostalgia… it hurts but at the same time, that you for this .
Answer is: Because this is Star Wars. It died in 2012. I'm grateful you liked my project. Unfortunately, things will never be the same again ( in my opinion). And it's sad to see such a franchise be destroyed like this.
I remember reading this..wow I was shocked by the erotic overtones. This would be a better movie than any of the prequels or uggh Disney crap! I have the hardcover of this and the Outrider, mint in box with fresh sticker sheet if anyone is seriously interested. Gotta sell a huge vintage collection as well but the price must be right. P.S. good work on bringing this story to life !!!!
I got chills during that final space battle! Once you get used to the high-pitched voices this was very enjoyable. Love the notes at the end and deleted scenes!
This is coming a little late since this has been up for well over a year but thanks for this..I cant even imagine all the different resources needed to make this video..Looks like everything from Trading cards to video games to unused footage from Return of the Jedi..Well done!
I read Shadows of the Empire before playing the game, it was my first expanded universe novel I read so to see it "brought to life" like this is marvellous Really think this story is up there with the best of the EU stories, it fits perfectly in the time line between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
The thing I love about the Star War Universe. Every character has a back story (or Lucas could create one - or another writer), even the extras in the background of the films. -the random pilot walking into the cantina or the mother and child walking down street, the bounty hunter (Other than Boba) at Jabba's palace, the slave girl dancing for Jabba. The movie "Solo"-the two singers on Dryden's yacht to the imperial officers that were there. I mean, anyone you could come up with a quick backstory for these characters. But just as Lucas said, you don't want to overdo it. Just a touch a go backstory. If fan's want to know more, then they'll put more out. Yoda is a great example, Lucas just made him up, there really wasn't a backstory to him other than he's one the more powerful Jedi's and trained Kenobi. At the time during Empire, all we saw was this small creature that could use the force, we didn't know anything else about him other than Kenobi knowing him and that he knew Luke's father. That's what made the Yoda character great at the time-We didn't know much about him. Just bits and pieces. To this day we still don't know what species Yoda is.
Dude this is awesome, really takes me back to my childhood and all I knew at the time was it as a video game. I had some of the toys, and a vaguely remember the comic books, which probably 10 years ago I looked on eBay and bought the comics for this run. But really cool bro thank you for sharing this 😄🙏🏼
This is how good stories are told. The writer is not hemmed in by propaganda. He's allowed to create with the characters as George Lucas laid out. He's not altering them , he's expanding on them. One of my favorite stories. Great work! Although the narrator seems to be a Hobbit! He does a great job with voices.
Having these comic stylized scenes on top of the audio gives this entirely new depth. I had read the entire book before and I loved this entire thing. Why haven't you continued to do more of these? You could have done every book and I think this channel could have grown huge.
I have no time to spend 5 to 7 hours doing this is the short answer. The long answer would be that besides that, i'm deeling with family issues, lack of imagery(all novels don't have this level of artwork, and i'm drawing none of it) So for all this, i could do just 3D. But have no time for it. I appreciate your love for the content, because it is the same as mine. But I really can't invest in this as much as I would like.
ruclips.net/video/CC9fYUDQ6CM/видео.html First half of Heir to the Empire Slowly but steadily making his way, hope he finishes trilogy, but yeah one guy with a computer takes a long time, “He will learn patience”
Great job, Kazuya Hartless! Thanks for publishing this video! I know you said you wouldn't do another one, buuuut... If you ever change your mind I know we would appreciate your hard work! :-) Thanks again
I'm surprised, I really am. Beautiful fanfare in the opening scene before the scroll up and then an Eve Online advert plays just before the text scroll opens up saying Star Wars.
The Shadows of the Empire Hoth battle was and still is still unparallelled and far superior to any attempts in SW games before or since; it put you in a high-speed snow-speeder fighting Imperial Walkers with the actual symphonic music from the actual Star Wars Hoth battle scene as background music. I will never forget the thrill of piloting a rebel snow-speeder to fight Imperial Walkers in sync with the inspiring symphony music of John Williams - it was the closest thing to being int he actual battle and I still get chills up my spine thinking about it.
Well i tried. I tried to do better than this but it just didn't work out. So this is the best i could do with 3D redering limitations. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate so much.
@@kazuyahartless4541 You're very welcome I just watched it a few minutes ago all over again and I'm still impressed how well you did with what you had to work with. This was definitely a labor of love and it shows. I can tell like me, you are also appreciative of the deep story and the serious nature of the Star wars universe. I have read everything and I have to say the thrawn stuff was amazing, and I particularly like Timothy's Zahn's heir to the empire series. It's just beyond excellent. Anyway, I just had to acknowledge your amazing efforts and it is clear and evident that you have a great passion for this. Can't thank you enough, Kazuya!!
You would think that after 25 years, we would finally get the actual film of “Shadows of the Empire.” I would want to see it happen even if it was created through animation.
This book is like the Chris Benoit of WWE... they don't talk about it or acknowledge it at all
Probably it's better the animation for this proyect. But clasic 2-d animation or the clone wars animation.
I have wished for that day since I was a kid :( SotE is my favorite SW expansion
How else could they do A 5.5 Star Wars movie? On second thought, THEY SHOULD DO THIS! Use the kid from MANDALORIAN for Luke. Than they would just need Morrison, Glover and A Leia look - a - like. If Disney had A Brain in their head, it would put A Huge arm shot back into Star Wars cinema.
@@floorboss they could still do the voices, though.
"I have a beautiful red headed wife which they kindly provided 10 years after I finished doing the movies" LOL
Bucket Think Tank Dude Luke scored with Mara Jade.
Better then what he got now, alien milk and the senile treatment
@@LiveNiceness14 oh yeah, make no mistake Luke's greatest accomplishment is that he was able to marry Mara. Man had to win over a woman who was dead set on killing him who was even at her worst day an 11.
@@Abandonsoyciety It's sad because they could have used the Thrawn Trilogy to set up the sequel trilogy. But that would require a plan
Ginger cooder rocks bro
This was fun. Brought me back to 1996. Everything about SOTE was awesome, from the story, to the new characters, to the score, to the video game and comics. All of it was great and felt like it fit just perfectly between Empire and Jedi. Even George Lucas endorsed it.
Right on. I was 3 years old in ‘96 and i didnt get turned on to SOTE until around ‘99 by my older cousins who had the figures and the N64 game. Now being 31, SOTE is one of my best nostalgia feel good memories of Star Wars. The dark, gritty, underworld feel of it all is what I love most about the franchise. Dash Rendar fighting Boba Fett at Gall Spaceport, the giant dianoga in the sewer, and Luke disguised as an Imperial Guard. I would have loved to see this adapted into a movie.
"You don't need to kill of or humilliate beloved characters in order to make new ones appealing." That sums up my utter despise of the new movies.
hunterknight4 THANK YOU! They killed off ALL of the original characters in the new movies & I HATED that with a burning passion! SMFH 😡
A lesson many members of Disney failed to learn
Yes this would make a better movie than anything Dizzy World was involved with! Even with the prequels I can only tolerate ROTS
I thought "Shadows of the Empire" was guilty of this by making Chewie slip and fall on his bum, while Dash never missed a shot. Rey makes Dash look like a gritty, epic hero.
Amen....
I’ll always have fond memories of Shadows of the Empire on the N64, it was one of the first games I played as a child after lending it from my cousin, what a great game man, might get round to listening to the audiobook eventually.
What's significant is that Leia and the primary antagonist have so much in common: both are former royals who's home planets and former lives were destroyed by darth vader. They seek vindication in different ways; she through leadership in the rebellion, he through manipulation in order to gain imperial favor. It's dramatic irony once Vader's son destroys Xizor's second home who does he meet above Corescant???
We could have had Mara-Jade, Jacen, Jaina, Ben and Anakin but alas, who did we get? Rey, Kylo, Finn and Poe. God damn you Disney, God damn you.
With you there. The sequels should have been the Thrawn Trilogy for something different or Dark Empire, if they wanted to got with more super weapons and lightsaber duels.
We almost got Jacen. But Disney didn't have the balls to do it in TRoS
Don’t pull Kylo into that group. Kylo Ren was actually a great & extremely layered character, arguably one of the best in the saga. But the rest I understand.
Grow up
We would have got the Disney SW version of those characters, I can tell you that.
I fondly remember 1996 - along with this book’s release, I was thrilled to see that all three films had been re-released with updates... there was so much marketing around this book’s release - action figures, etc... I remember eagerly anticipating a screenplay and film from this well-marketed novel; I was very disappointed to see that it never happened...
Sucks, too - most of us were really hungry for something new, and this would have been perfect!
George should've made a movie out of this before making Episode 1, that way the latter movies might've been better (except for III which is perfect)
There’s was no plan for a movie ever why would you be waiting for a screen play
Shadows more or less was done to redo all of the lapsed licensing deals
@@seanodeli7031 Nobody knew that in 1996 though
@@burntvirtue waltz discecny corporate bift it up after about 2015-ish mostly be ignoring fan's and OG cannon and tried to go to 1970's from the beginning but that doesn't work what would have worked is a different angle/version as its doesn't have all of the pieces like how RD-2 comes to the rebels and or has the blueprints that are needed later on in the trillilady/franchise
Disney should &/or Easily could MAKE A _Shadows_ (STAR WARS 5.5) movie. It could serve as an ANDOR sequel as well.. Use the Luke actor from MANDALORIAN. Ford is Frozen in Carbonite. Use Glover again for Lando, Morrison would Love to play OG Fett. You would need A Leia Look- A - like. And Xizor & Dash would obviously be new actors anyway. The rest our just voice work. If DISNEY had A Brain in their Head, this would be in production. The Perfect place to introduce MARA JADE! It would 100% give Star Wars Cinema- The Arm Shot it desperately needs!
They need to remake this game from the original from the N64, this was one of my favorite games I ever played back in the day.
rick mullin absolutely that would be amazing. You only play as dash rendar in the n64 game, it would be awesome to play the other people’s stories too
could they add in pod racing and a asteroid smuggling section? where you have to evade a imperial picket patrol in dash rendars ship or the falcon depending on which story arc your in, and you have to save the cargo, the people, and the ship which has illicit tech?
they could even have a amazing scene of game sections where you have to slice into a computer terminal using ig 88 or one of his companions, and then infiltrate the death star II project while simultaniously using the intrusion to send data to other IG88s who in turn will send important data to the rebellion through leia, who you then have to get to her by using bothans again as well as the IG88 that escorts them through a nightmare melange of aliens, droids, and imperial hooligans on a forbiden training world where black ops troopers are trained and was the only place they could use to communicate with the death star two central computer.
which leads to the bothans trying to get to Leia, and you play as Leia after they arrive at the rendevous, but then Leia gets intercepted and you have to fight off storm troopers and spend three levels that ends with you fighting the black sun pirates and they eventually trap you in a place where you are locked in one of thier starships you tried to steal and it backfires etc but you manage to distract the pirates so that Luke or Lando can escape and alert the rest to whats happening which leads to the attempt to figure out where the black sun pirates took her
Still remember that I had to use the tip of my nose to do the cheat code right.
Easily one of my favorites as a kid. The difficulty level was insane!!! I wish they brought back difficulty settings for hardcore gamers.
jump cheat to max JUMP...............BLEH
Would've loved to see this as a movie: a bridge between Empire and Jedi.
@Joshua Sharwood They could hand made it. They were really tempted. The actors were still close enough to their 1980s appearance it still could have happened.
Like Rogue One.
Yes and properly done.. I loved Dash Rendar
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - The Motion Picture 2018... read by Chip and Dale.
Hahahah!
Aren't they Alvin and the Chipmunks Uncles?
@@WillHal1000 something like that...
Shadows of the Rescue Rangers
Hahahaha
I think that the Alliance to Preserve the Expanded Universe would love this. I'm a member of that Facebook group, and I would definitely be glad to share this to them. The EU is alive and blazing like a phoenix. It's time to spread the word. This one salutes you from Costa Rica!
Pura vida.
Thanks. I just applied to join that group
Love the group. But this Is a pretty old novel. I know they have a comic strip here.. but the original is over 3 hours long. I hate that I can't find it anymore because I didn't finish it. So Idk how much is missing in this abridged version.
Legends is Canon, this is the way.
They’ll be happy to hear that we’ll have many legends materials will become canon
Currently in the works of making a large scale SOTE Film/Web Series. We've got so much talent, well known fan-film people, equipment, dedication and an amazing adaption of the game (and a little of the book) in our scripts. Our scripts have been in writing for a year, and its just about done! We have concept artists drawing up some AMAZING stuff, and some AMAZING actors and voice actors you wouldnt believe! We will be releasing a proof of concept video and promotional for our Kickstarter soon! Let's keep the EU alive with stories like these!
Please keep the McNeely score in your production.
It's just so sillly this is not cannon , what a great series !
We will watch your career with great interest
If you want someone on your team that can bring serious energy and creative directions to the project you should send me a line. Ive got stacks of episode ideas.
Whatever happened to this project?
To me Star Wars has always be more than just a fun movie series. Its an idea. To be more than what we already are. To explore the wonders beyond what we already know. To change what is. To become the best version of ourselves. And the true beauty of it is that it's never meant to be a one hero story. No single paragon of justice with all the gifts and answers (I'm looking at you Rey 😠). But a coming together of beings that come from all walks of life, some not to dissimilar to our own. Saviors, villains, moral greys. And that is how it reaches out to us. It is more than just a story. It is a call to break the bonds of stagnation, and dare to live.
And overthrow all those in powerr that r evil
This is the best thing ever damn near. Thank you so damn much.I don't even want to answer the phone for my wife if she calls me before I finish it.
Lol, don't ruin my immersion wife!
The two best lines in this.
"I WILL risk the Emperor's displeasure Xizor...however YOU will not be there to see it...this time."
and
They had played Xizor's little game long enough...now they would play Vader's...
Love these interviews and the insight by George and Mark.
There is so much of the story which could be made into a movie by the Franchise 👍
_Shadows_ is 100% the Arm shot Disney Cinema Needs! A single STAR WARS 5.5 MOVIE. Glover Returns to play Lando, Morrison plays Fett, The Luke actor from the MANDALORIAN reappears. All they would need is A simple Leia Look - A - Like. The rest is voice work. The film would sequel ANDOR as well. And introduce the world to Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor & Luke's Wife Mara Jade.
That last battle, though! Felt like I was watching an uncovered gem from the Original Trilogy era. Amazing job with this.
the soundtrack and score for Shadows is amazing but that theme music score for the end Skyhook battle is just epic, immortal even. It's criminal Disney are sitting on a absolute gem here and won't adapt *Shadows of the Empire* into "A Star Wars Story", much in the kind of style of Rogue One.
Couldn't agree more!
SOMEBODY replaced Vader's oxygen supply with helium...
I believe the pitch of the audiobook was uptuned to avoid copyright block.
🙄🤔😁😂🤣
I figured it was Warwick Davis.
Lol... That was awesome! 😂😂😂👍👍✌✌
Aces High?
For us old ones, born 72, shadow was the first line of serious figures produced outside the main films. Really the first cannon
You did a GREAT job with this !! Thank you for the work and sharing this !!!
I love it when they have storys connected like this, like how you can imagine a character of camera after seeing them in a different camera angle, like the intro where the Black sun dude being in the background of this important moment.
Disney has all the BEST NOVELS, basically they got handed the complete blueprint to the future of Star Wars. all they had to do was script these awesome novels up and BAMM..........but no....lets un-cannonize them and start from scratch........buffoons
I think they did it as a marketing tactic just so they can make new stories and remake the old ones for the same reason.
It's kinda funny, considering many Disney films are adaptations of books.
@Joshua Sharwood you mean a hardline autocrat can't become a leader ushered in by populism?
Disney probably found them old fashioned. There was a lot of... modern day agenda... that they couldn’t fit in if they had used the novels.
That’s what I think happened.
they didn't want to share the $$$
Played the game back when I was 5 and am currently reading the book. I was dying for a film of this, and saddened to learn it was non canon. Although seeing the new films and how much they miss the mark of what makes a good star wars film, I'm glad they did. Imagination is better anyways. But this video is all we need :)
It’s only non canon to the Disney Star Wars
This is real star Wars.
Disney can say whatever they want but their trash fanfiction they call sequels and that trash aftermath series is nonexistent
Damn, this is beautiful! Awesome work! Real Star Wars to enjoy! We need Tales of the Jedi and Legacy!
This is brilliant, what a great compilation of moving image, score and narration. Felt like a real movie and truly captured the uniqueness of Star Wars ☺ Good Job!
Your video touch me at my core when it comes to Star Wars. This was an excellent salute to the Shadows of the Empire community. I really do appreciate you taking the time to make this for us. Your video proves two things. One, Star Wars still matters and holds mystery and imagination. Two, this's why RUclips matters the fans have a powerful voice. No one can make a better movie than the fans. Thank you for your hard efforts to bring this story to life. Because of you I now will buy the novel and play the game again😊!
This brings about a lot of nostalgia to me from when I played the game version on my N64. I never read the book of it, but loved it regardless. You did a really excellent job bringing it into a movie format.
@Joshua Sharwood I actually would love to read the book, I just never really got the chance to. I'll have to look around for it.
Still a better film than anything in the new trilogy.
The holiday special is better than the new trilogy heck even 1,2,3 were better.
The only thing that comes close is Rogue One 👍🏼
Agreed…
This movie is a masterpiece! None of the 3 movies of that "sequel" can be compared with this. THIS IS Star Wars at its finest.
I love the FAQ and the special thanks at the post-credits, I agree with everything you said.
Agreed. With you 100%.
Happy to see people who agree. May The Force Be With You, Always.
1:31:44 - As a 3d artist working in the game industry i say the effort that you put into this is admirable and thanks a lot for making it, never saw Shadows of the Empire illustrated like this and I loved it! I dont think this would be my only time watching it either ;p
Still no clue on how Disney could be as foolish as they were not to keep the canon already in place. Hell of a lot better then the shit they put out for 7-9
exactly
Agreed, though I do love The Clone Wars.
@Darren Mcclean maybe it will all be a dream, like the ending to the TV show, Dallas! Luke is still alive with Mara Jade, and the Solo's are a complete family still.... then, take it from there!
Didn't want to actually read before acting. Then again, they've never been good at plot to begin with.
they needed to add a woke+modern hollywood twist to the most amazing story ever. then went crazy and turned it into ash
TO THE CREATORS OF THIS VIDEO : THANK YOU !!!!! THE FINAL TEXT ON THE CREDITS IS THE WHOLE TRUTH !!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!
I subscribed not only because this was awesome but because of the ending text scroll. I agree 1000% may the force be with you friend.
Shadows of the empire was excellent book! Heir to the Empire was about the best series I’ve ever read!. The rest - give or take, Star Wars surely had some classics that would’ve been great movies. Smh- what A shame these new movies have brought...
I have that novel and I could see a movie being made from it when I read it in 1996. :-)
yeah the han solo books were way better than the movie
A long long time ago this was the first star wars book I read. I still have my hard back copy signed by Steve Perry that I picked up at a small store in a small town in the PNW.
Anyways, this was well done and I enjoyed it 👍
Ok, just at the opening crawl and this is already better than anything Disney has done lol well written 👏
The first Convo between Luke and Wedge had me cracking up. “hey how’s it going buddy?” In a Terrence and Phillip voice 😂
😂😂😂😂
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I’ve watched this a couple times now and I am still waiting for your next one!!!
Thanks for posting this movie and let us hope that this story is available in theaters someday.
Thank you for this. This is awesome. I use to love this game on N64. Would love this on the switch
this is well done , I have this book on audio cassette and the audio is sped up here , but that seems to be the case with the audio of this book that has been uploaded to this site in recent years as to prevent it being taken down . This is one of my favorite star wars books ever written , although , I do enjoy the new films as well and some of the new books .I feel that just as with the old stuff , there is good and bad stuff , but it is all subjective .anyway , nice choice of images as well as pans / camera moves and soft filters for the flashback sequence . Joel Mcneely's score is also well integrated here and does not overpower the dialogue . I also like the intro and the books scrolling past and the Shadows novel coming forward . Nice use of images from Rogue One there at the 29:19 minute mark btw , as well as the cover to the cannon Lando comic series as well . Also , I like the fact that George softened his stance and started to embrace the new movies , visiting the set of Rogue One , Directing a short scene in the Solo movie etc . I just bought about 20 of the 90s Bantam era EU paperbacks for 50 cents each at a library sale , first printings . Although I have seen all of the legends books on the shelves in every bookstore I have been in for the past 4 years , so I do appreciate that they are still in print and money was spent to make them available to those who wish to read them .lastly , this is a very enjoyable production you have made , I attempted this years ago before youtube was a thing , with a cassette player , the tops cards and a vhs-c camcorder but never got around to finishing it .thank you for helping me see a little bit of my own bias and that the old and the new can coexist . And though I do not agree with all of your views and feel some things may have been taken out of context , you clearly love the material and put a lot of effort into this , so you have earned a subscriber . I hope to see more projects like this one .Maybe one day we can get animated versions of these books ala the DC animated universe .I hear Mark Hamill is a great voice actor ...
This took a hell of a lot of work, i'm glad you appreciated those little details, i tried to make it as good as possible and am happy someone can appreciate the work :)
the original is over 3 hours long. I hate that I can't find it anymore because I didn't finish it. So Idk how much is missing in this abridged version
Having voice actors would be perfect.But it is still really cool
Beautiful. Never read the actual book, but had the game - and the CD soundtrack. MAN that soundtrack.
Honestly, I wish they made this an actual movie. It would've been pretty awesome.
Takes me back to my childhood, loving it.
Just finished the opening crawl and already this is 1000x more interesting than anything we’ve received from Disney! Can’t wait to enjoy the rest of this
Excellent use of cut scenes for the Rouge Squadron scene. Very well done and thank you for your work.
Omg painstaking commitment to finding proper pics to align with the narration. I can't imagine how long this took, but it was well worth it. Awesome.
Lucas should have never sold to Disney. They ruined in 3 years what it took him 30 years to create.
Joseph White , He wouldn’t care after getting paid $4bn
I blame red letter media. They are the ones that ruined star wars not lucas
The prequel trilogy was a disaster. He did ruin it. Why assume he wouldn't have ruined this one?
Try being a Marvel "Comic" fan as well Disney Burnt it too the ground.
only reason lucas sold it to Disney was (not money) because of fans and critics constantly complained!!! his creation was constantly scrutinized to death such that he had basic no control over his creativity.... he lost the interest and hope such that he did not want to do anything with starwars world.... see jake Lloyd's and ahmen best's character destruction by asshole fans!!!!!!!!!! too many assholes overtly do star wars to death that the whole world of star wars is just a idiotic fetish machine!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think everyone of asshole fanatics should be put on star destroyer and burned at the lava planet where all jedis perished....
So much better than the Disney crap we get now. Yes, Rogue One and The Mandalorian can stay. PLEASE to this same treatment with the true sequel trilogy, "Timothy Zahn's Trilogy"
ruclips.net/video/MN8oCvpyQjQ/видео.html TriAngulum's done three chapters thus far...
The Rebel Alliance - Star Wars Scale Modeling Rouge One was pretty crappy though... The Mandalorian is decent, but not great.
Rebels series was amazing, rumor is that they're in development of another Star Wars Rebels series.
*If you listen closely to all the voices urging Rey to fight against Palpatine, you will hear Asokha Tano speaking to her saying that she's not a Jedi.*
*Spoiler Alert she's still alive during Star Wars Episodes IV-VIII*
@@IdleLancer thank you. I love Grand Admiral Thrawn.
Dit$ney can suck no more blood from my soul.
Rogue One was crap too, they screwed over Kyle Katarn
Back when Videogame magazines were a thing in the mid/late 90's, Shadows of the Empire for the Nintendo 64 stuck out back then, but I never got to play that game...
This was an awesome video to watch & LISTEN to. Thank You.
Thanks for uploading! I've been looking for this for years!
I can't thank you enough for this material. It's brought me so much joy! ❤️
Absolutely incredible...Incredible I really felt I was back at the peak of 1996 again... An incredible era when Star wars still had an edge
This brought me to a place I haven’t been since when I was a small child. Something about this just drips nostalgia… it hurts but at the same time, that you for this .
Answer is: Because this is Star Wars. It died in 2012. I'm grateful you liked my project. Unfortunately, things will never be the same again ( in my opinion). And it's sad to see such a franchise be destroyed like this.
I remember reading this..wow I was shocked by the erotic overtones. This would be a better movie than any of the prequels or uggh Disney crap! I have the hardcover of this and the Outrider, mint in box with fresh sticker sheet if anyone is seriously interested. Gotta sell a huge vintage collection as well but the price must be right. P.S. good work on bringing this story to life !!!!
This is awesome 👏 . Screw Disney THIS is Star Wars!!
Exactly this is was I was thinking, too!
You don't dictate what is star wars...
Agreed!
It’s nice to see EU alive and well. Great editing and passion.
My favorite SW game, now a movie vid on the tube. This is gem!! Thanks for putting this together!
Thank you for your hard work. I enjoyed it. May the force be with you.
I got chills during that final space battle! Once you get used to the high-pitched voices this was very enjoyable. Love the notes at the end and deleted scenes!
Me too! Using the deleted pilot scenes from ROTJ was FAB and BRILL!
This is coming a little late since this has been up for well over a year but thanks for this..I cant even imagine all the different resources needed to make this video..Looks like everything from Trading cards to video games to unused footage from Return of the Jedi..Well done!
I read Shadows of the Empire before playing the game, it was my first expanded universe novel I read so to see it "brought to life" like this is marvellous
Really think this story is up there with the best of the EU stories, it fits perfectly in the time line between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi
OMG that was amazing. It was almost like watching a Star Wars movie. More please MORE.
The thing I love about the Star War Universe. Every character has a back story (or Lucas could create one - or another writer), even the extras in the background of the films. -the random pilot walking into the cantina or the mother and child walking down street, the bounty hunter (Other than Boba) at Jabba's palace, the slave girl dancing for Jabba. The movie "Solo"-the two singers on Dryden's yacht to the imperial officers that were there. I mean, anyone you could come up with a quick backstory for these characters.
But just as Lucas said, you don't want to overdo it. Just a touch a go backstory. If fan's want to know more, then they'll put more out. Yoda is a great example, Lucas just made him up, there really wasn't a backstory to him other than he's one the more powerful Jedi's and trained Kenobi.
At the time during Empire, all we saw was this small creature that could use the force, we didn't know anything else about him other than Kenobi knowing him and that he knew Luke's father. That's what made the Yoda character great at the time-We didn't know much about him. Just bits and pieces. To this day we still don't know what species Yoda is.
I'm not into audiobooks but this one was pretty cool because it had pictures to go with it and it was a story that I much care about. I love Star wars
Dude this is awesome, really takes me back to my childhood and all I knew at the time was it as a video game. I had some of the toys, and a vaguely remember the comic books, which probably 10 years ago I looked on eBay and bought the comics for this run. But really cool bro thank you for sharing this 😄🙏🏼
Always loved this story. The moment before the skyhook goes BOOM gave Me the chills reading as a child
The music takes me back.
Timeless game
My favorite Star Wars game and one of my favorite overall video Games Shadows of the Empire
Why they never made this into a true motion picture is unbelievable the storyline is insane.
That was absolutely spectacular Kazuya !!!!
Bravo 👏
I love George Lucas's lines at the beginning. It really sets the tone of the original trilogy.
This is how good stories are told. The writer is not hemmed in by propaganda. He's allowed to create with the characters as George Lucas laid out. He's not altering them , he's expanding on them. One of my favorite stories. Great work! Although the narrator seems to be a Hobbit! He does a great job with voices.
The Hobbit effect is because the pitch was changed to avoid copyright infringement 😅
That was awesome. Brings me back.
Steve Perry stoped singing for Journey and started writing storys for Star Wars :D 1:28:16
Wow,this Star Wars Shadows of the Empire the motion picture story video of 2018 was so totally awesome 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌!
Bro I've been listening to this audiobook since I was a kid this is really really well done.
I think you did an admirable job thanks and may the force be with you .
Having these comic stylized scenes on top of the audio gives this entirely new depth. I had read the entire book before and I loved this entire thing. Why haven't you continued to do more of these? You could have done every book and I think this channel could have grown huge.
@Joshua Sharwood Still, a shame, I think he could have kept on doing these and grown the channel huge
I have no time to spend 5 to 7 hours doing this is the short answer. The long answer would be that besides that, i'm deeling with family issues, lack of imagery(all novels don't have this level of artwork, and i'm drawing none of it)
So for all this, i could do just 3D. But have no time for it. I appreciate your love for the content, because it is the same as mine. But I really can't invest in this as much as I would like.
ruclips.net/video/CC9fYUDQ6CM/видео.html
First half of Heir to the Empire
Slowly but steadily making his way, hope he finishes trilogy, but yeah one guy with a computer takes a long time, “He will learn patience”
Thanks so much for this, was absolutely awesome - loved the space battle at the end.
Gr8 story thanks! Loved the droid escapades and every minute. Rip Dash
RUclips has become the Star wars speak-easy with EU traded as if prison hooch made in a toilet.
Great job, Kazuya Hartless! Thanks for publishing this video! I know you said you wouldn't do another one, buuuut... If you ever change your mind I know we would appreciate your hard work! :-) Thanks again
I'm surprised, I really am. Beautiful fanfare in the opening scene before the scroll up and then an Eve Online advert plays just before the text scroll opens up saying Star Wars.
Dash Rendar has been one of my favorite characters since the first day I heard of Shadows of the Empire
Thank you for this !!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏 you truly are a star wars fan
I remember the game on Nintendo 64, and also the book. 1996 was so classic™️
Also love how you used music from many sources
Top Notch, that was 1 million times better than anything Disney poops out
It definitely would be better than TLJ.
you missed the ”than”
What an original and uniquely creative comment. I NEVER see this highly original thought on Star Wars videos.
A movie about drying paint would be better than TLJ
The ewoks battle for endor is better than tlj.
Well done! I enjoyed reading the book and watching your movie! For me, this is canon;)
This gave me original trilogy vibes! it was like watching a movie. I haven’t enjoyed Star Wars like this since I saw the OT back in the early 90s.
Ya...not a bad fan film based on EU and comics! Entertaining to say the least
The Shadows of the Empire Hoth battle was and still is still unparallelled and far superior to any attempts in SW games before or since; it put you in a high-speed snow-speeder fighting Imperial Walkers with the actual symphonic music from the actual Star Wars Hoth battle scene as background music. I will never forget the thrill of piloting a rebel snow-speeder to fight Imperial Walkers in sync with the inspiring symphony music of John Williams - it was the closest thing to being int he actual battle and I still get chills up my spine thinking about it.
Back to a time "Before the dark times. Before the Empire."
This was a brilliant SW book, a real unmissable gem.
Wow! That was so awesome. At about the 1:20:00 mark, the space combat is VERY well done. This was excellent, thank you. Big Thumbs up!
Well i tried. I tried to do better than this but it just didn't work out. So this is the best i could do with 3D redering limitations. Thank you for the comment. I appreciate so much.
@@kazuyahartless4541 You're very welcome I just watched it a few minutes ago all over again and I'm still impressed how well you did with what you had to work with. This was definitely a labor of love and it shows. I can tell like me, you are also appreciative of the deep story and the serious nature of the Star wars universe. I have read everything and I have to say the thrawn stuff was amazing, and I particularly like Timothy's Zahn's heir to the empire series. It's just beyond excellent. Anyway, I just had to acknowledge your amazing efforts and it is clear and evident that you have a great passion for this. Can't thank you enough, Kazuya!!
Even with the low budget computer animations this was way better than episodes 7, 8 and 9. Wow KK you f'ed it up big time