(I Don't remember the exact quote, but this is close enough) "I Think I'm finally starting to understand their art," Thrawn cooly said "That'll for sure come in handy," Paellon bargained. "It won't; I destroyed their world," Thrawn said in the same cold voice.
My 10-year old mind exploded when I started reading these books. Star Wars truly expanded....and then Disney came and ruined that. Just the attention to detail, care, and the weaving in of all the great EU content into this series! The freighters, the ships, the transport ships (from X-Wing video game)! Everything is blah now. Sad.
"History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all" -Grand Admiral Thrawn
The newest books and his appearance in the cartoons are also done well. Thrawn is straight up the best imperial character in the series, no matter which version
@@truegregthompson I agree. While I do find Rebels Thrawn a little more child-friendly, he was still very close to the original which I respected. I may even consider these two Thrawns the same character. Thrawn in Rebels is more calmer and affable. However, once he had returned from the Unknown Regions, which is where we last saw the villain, he has become more evil and competent.
@@thescruffinator8830 I have to disagree. In my oppinion Thrawn is a by far more cold and calculating chsracter than Vader who's mindset is a mix of cold hearted killer and emotionally driven berserker way of dealing with things.
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Can you redo this with marc thompson's voices? Thrawn seems to effeminate, Pellaeon sounds to young. GREAT IDEA - but the voice casting is off. The battle was tactically wrong as well. A marg Sable maneuver should have shown ships flanking the enemy from all sides. Instead your ships just went straight in. This Video has great potential but needs a lot of work. If you used modern day cgi to redo this motion comic video I'd pay money.... ruclips.net/video/rsrnakOuUaI/видео.html
I was watching this after watching a review of The Last Jedi and almost started crying. What you've done here proves that Heir to the Empire should have been episode seven, regardless of what those clowns Kennedy, Abrams and Johnson think. Well done, this was perfect. You brought it all to life, even the otherworldly nature of Thrawns voice that Zahn described. Thank you.
Thankyou! I spent a lot of time thinking about how to adapt this scene and get it right. It's no good having Thrawn in it if he's not actually being Thrawn.
Good heavens, animated Heir? I can't even explain how happy I was to stumble upon this. Great overall work, VA could use a bit of tweaking as the animation but that is minor concern. Long live the true Sequel Trilogy.
This was fantastic, can’t wait for the rest. I would also put out a casting call for VA (if you haven’t already) would absolutely love to see Mara Jade come to life in this series and there’s plenty of talent who would love to work on a project like this. Keep up the good work!
@@MultiDevilmaster Not really... I love the work of Zahn. also, decades of OTHER materials built on them. After the communist "erase the past"mentality consumed disney, anything they do is not constructive, but destructive. therefore stuff based on Pre-disney IS Star Wars for me, the Disney trash is just that... fraudulent remakes to suck money out of customers.
Watching this literally gave me chills. Thrawn is easily one of the most dangerous people in Star Wars because of his abilities. This was really well done. Can't wait to see more!
Impressive. Most impressive. The Thrawn Trilogy, in my opinion, is a masterpiece of Star Wars literature. You, my friend, deliver a fine adaptation, especially with Thrawn himself. Bravo
Heir to the Empire is what hooked me onto Star Wars as a young adult. Seeing this come alive as an animated project is beyond amazing. Thank you for taking on this endeavor, I eagerly look forward to seeing more of your work. Also, in regards to Thrawn's VA.... it grew on me. I think his raspiness added to the fact that Thrawn is supposed to be an aged, intelligent individual whom has years of experience. I don't know why it works... it just does.
THIS is the Star Wars we need, want, and deserve. This is real Star Wars, not that Disney crap. EXPANDED UNIVERSE, not "legends" trash. To paraphrase Sandor Clegane: "F Lucasfilm. F Kathleen Kennedy. F Disney!"
Holy mother of GOD SOMEONE ACTUALLY DID IT!! God bless you sir, thank you for bringing forth one of the best storylines and best characters to life. Thrawn is the best Antagonist of Star Wars in my eyes.
This deserves even more praise than it already got. The first battle with Grand Admiral Thrawn was a highlight in the novel and in the audio play they produced in Germany (with the original German voices of the movies, as far as the actors were still alive, and a bunch of other very talented voice actors). What I like even best is the return of the Assault Gunboats from the original X-Wing games. Such a pity that they have never been canon in the movies and shows...
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Hey Disney! Take a look at how this is directed, edited and story-boarded. Throw this man some production dollars and a few actors. This guy could save Star Wars. Give him a budget! (Nice work, dude)
I mean the voices are so-so sure, but the overall feeling is amazing. You really captured Thrawn here! And I can really see the effort and heart that went into it. To me that wins over CGI-quality and what not. Artistically done :)
Star Wars has so many good fan movies nowadays, it appears that it's community is in a way more resourceful than most other fanbases, this deserves respect. Only one thing to note, most imperial military members (except Thrawn and persons of his "level") are speaking and talking faster, they were just trained that way, as their profession is combat (Thrawn speaks slower than other imperials cuz combat is a sort of science and art to him, and he's got more thoughts than them going on at the same time, even during a conversation)
May not have the best animation may not have the best voice actors, but we got one of the best stories in star wars and enough people who care to blow anything out of the water. Thawn was also giving me chills so props by the end I was so invested any shortcomings were nothing more space dust
@@sebas8225 what do you mean? Did you even watch rebels? Maul ended up killing multiple inquisitors. Thrawn destroyed multiple of the rebels. He even made one of the guys kill himself. Tarkin had imperials excuted. There was a scene where loth wolves destroyed a bunch of stormtroopers. I think it got pretty good and I think thrawns red eyes were perfectly fine.
How Thrawn was displayed was if anything, one of the good thing about Rebels. He was competent, maybe a bit too cocky at times, but i was the closest of being an accurate and enjoyable representation i have seen so far.
@@_Muzolf - competant? He was defeated by a group of kids and space whales. Plus, he tried to shoot down a shielded tie defender that was strafing...with a blaster. Complete moron in rebels. Terrible, awful, awful. It was indistuingishable from bad plagerization, if Zahn wasn't involved. Massive disrespect to the character and the eu in general.
I like this alot! Since Heir To The Empire takes place only 5 years after the Battle Of Endor, New Republic;( which got blown away in Episode 7-dumb right?) is the right progression for the Rebel Alliance given they want to restore peace to the galaxy. The Imperial Remnant with Thrawn trying to fight against them is very compelling. This is a great animated adaption. The character modeling is prretty good, and I like the voice acting well enough. I hope this keeps going.
Great to see the EU and especially one of the greatest books of the EU come to life like this. Overall delivery was fair, but most importantly I feel like Thrawn was just right.
This takes me back to when I read the Heir to the Empire series in high school. I kept trying to remember the books while watching. The animation, music, sound effects, all wonderful. Well done!
I have been meaning to watch this video for months, and I am so glad I did. I am absolutely going through this whole entire series now! This is amazing! This is artistic! This would make the Grand Admiral proud. Well done, sir.
**Actually it wasn't the real canon ever, as it never was canon in the first place. The Expanded Universe was never Official Star Wars canon at any time whatesoever.** George Lucas did not acknowledge it as legitimate in his Star Wars Universe. The EU was literally a 'paralell Star Wars Universe.He considered it seperate and distinct from his works and not canonical. The only content he cosidered Canon was his direct works only. That is to say : * The 6 Movies * The TV Projects * The Clone Wars series This is confirmed by 100 of quotes from both Lucas directly and people who knew him and worked with him, and is even acknowledge by EU authors themselves. For a full write up of these quotes and supporting commentary please visit this site, it's in 3 parts just scrool down and look for the the user named "Grim'alkun". www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsCantina/comments/cnqmcz/swnn_guest_editorial_did_george_lucas_consider/ All these quotes are verified. There is no confusion here, these quotes span a 20 year period and even include a recanting of Leelan Chee and Sue R of Lucas Licesncing who admitted they were wrong in thinking that the EU was legitimate canon and that it was in fact, not canon at all. ------------------------------------- Leland Chee, the Keeper of the Holocron (Star Wars internal encyclopedia manager), *who was previously adamant that there was no “parallel Star Wars universes” *(in direct contradiction to Lucas’ statements), *later conceded that George Lucas’ canon was separate from what he was overseeing with the licensing world.* *“[Lucas’] canon - and when I say ‘his canon’, I’m talking about what he was doing in the films and what he was doing in The Clone Wars - was hugely important. But what we were doing in the books really wasn’t on his radar.”* -Leland Chee, 2018 --------------------------------- This is supported by Sue Rostoni, of Lucas Licensing as well as follows - *"George knows more about Star Wars than we do. He doesn't see the extended universe as ”his” Star Wars, but as ”ours.” I think this has been mentioned previously, maybe in other places, but it's not new info, as far as I remember."* - Sue Rostoni, Lucas Licensing (LLP Managing Editor), Jun 2004 ------------------------ Some examples - Lucas said of the Expanded Universe: 2005 **"I don't read that stuff. I haven't read any of the novels. I don't know anything about that world. That's a different world than my world....When I said [other people] could make their own Star Wars stories, we decided that, like Star Trek, we would have two universes: My universe and then this other one.** **“There are two worlds here,” explained Lucas. “There’s my world, which is the movies, and there’s this other world that has been created, which I say is the parallel universe - the licensing world of the books, games and comic books. They don’t intrude on my world, which is a select period of time, [but] they do intrude in between the movies. I don’t get too involved in the parallel universe”** --------------------------------------------------- **"And now there have been novels about the events after Episode VI, which isn't at all what I would have done with it. The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married..."** - George Lucas, Flannelled One, May 2008, "George Lucas", 'TF Interview', Total Film Magazine --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ”The novels and comic books are other authors' interpretations of my creation. Sometimes, I tell them what they can and cant do, but I just don't have the time to read them all. **They're not my vision of what Star Wars is.”** - George Lucas 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like to refer to the Interview with Lucas in the Special Editions.When asked about the novels and whatnot, he simply says: **”Those are another author's interpretation of what I've created, and not to be taken seriously, as far as what is really going on in the Star Wars world.”** ~ George Lucas --------------------------------------------------------- "Q: What do you think of the expanded universe of books? A: **"The books are in a different universe. I've not read any of them, and I told them when they started writing I wouldn't read any of them and I blocked out certain periods [they couldn't touch where the real story happens]."** - George Lucas 2003
@ I don't think anyone here was trying to deny that, he stated an opinion due to the state of what is currently happening with the timeline and the disappointment it has caused
I love hearing Thrawn's theme in the EU canon!!!! Thank you for making such an excellent fanfilm!! Who composes your score, when it isn't archived soundtracks?
WOW! This is so fucking cool. The Thrawn trilogy is one of my favorite Star Wars stories, & seeing it adapted to the screen like this is awesome. And the dialogue is straight from the novels, with some uneeded dialog cut out. VERY cool
Hearing Thrawns voice over the rebellion ships being destroyed actually gave me goosebumps. This is such an amazing project and I can not wait for more to come!
I would just like to express my true heartfelt appreciation for this seminal work. I have been dreaming about seeing this made into a film since I read it as a youngling in the 90s. I really thought Disney would make this trilogy. If they had gone into production on this immediately in 2012, they would have the most influential and prosperous franchise on their hands. It would’ve rivalled MCU or even beaten it. All they had to do was stick to the damn Timothy Zahn Script. Which is what you are doing. I am subscribing and I will be financially supporting this project. It has been my dream to make a full live action of this trilogy since I was a kid. You are amazing and deserve as many subs as SWT. All best
Oh, man! I loved it. You have yourself a new subscriber! I'm I huge fan of chapter 2. It's such a great reintroduction of Luke and Leia and how they've grown since RotJ. I honestly can't wait! Edit: I also can't wait for Mara to finally get animated beyond a few very old games. I really hope her voice actress captures all of her nuances and doesn't overplay solely a single aspect of her character. Too many book authors besides Zahn and Stackpole wrote her a bit too one dimensionally, so I'm a bit worried. Edit 2: I just watched Imperials on your channel. Please don't hire that voice actress for Mara. It sounded very... minimal effort and Mara is too well loved of a character to not have bad first impressions leading to negative comments in huge numbers. Sorry if that voice actress is a friend but perhaps they could be Winter or one of the Norghi instead... Pellaeon needs a bit more nuance too (sounds too rookie officer (and that's not an age crack) compared to a skilled commander who's observing a true master and realizing just how outclassed he is but still competent enough to spot the Masters occasional blindspots, which does happen later) but it good enough for this chapter. He did a solid read of this chapter, I'm just saying it failed to show what later chapters did also. Basically it was a the read of an Imperial officer watching his boss, but Pellaeon is basically Dr John Watson to Thrawn's Sherlock Holmes and that part felt it could have been at tab more present. I've seen lots of other fan productions where the early voice acting was just ok but it had vastly improved by a few more chapters. So I'm sure he'll figure out the character more as you put out more chapters. It might help the voice actor here to hear the audiobook, not asking that he copy what his voice sounded like, just study how Mark Thompson showed Pellaeon's skills from his choices of how he read the lines. You know, what parts he choose to emphasize and when he choose to act more cautious on. Thrawn though was very good for this early in the production. Out of curiosity. How long did this take you to make and produce? Just asking so I can get a rough estimate of how long between chapters. Yes, I know later chapters are FAR longer than this one.
Woah! Long review, but a welcome one :) I do appreciate all your feedback, thankyou :) This one took about three weeks to make, some of that time was waiting for the dialogue to be recorded. I don't think that can be a useful guide for how long it takes to produce more clips though, it really depends on how complex the scenes are.
I feel the same. After thinking about all the epic opportunities Disney had when they took over the franchise, it makes me sick just thinking about the garbage trilogy they made. Now I get belligerent whenever I hear or see any reference to the Disney trilogy.
@Commando Droid I am referring more to the sequel trilogy. Mando, CW, some of Rebels, and Rogue One are all pretty good. I've only seen parts of Solo, but from what I've seen it seems kind of empty. I should probably watch the whole thing before judging it though.
Thank you so much for bringing to life this Star Wars masterpiece. Let us know how may we support your talent to bring more chapters to life. You are a true Artist! MTFBW you.
I just found all these. Gonna start. But they look amazing from the bits I’ve watched. Damn I’d love to have voiced some characters in this. Amazing job
I'm really happy to have had this pop up in my recommendations feed :D I love watching fan-made representations of stories in the EU and you're representing a story that has both a comic version and a novel! That's a lot of reference material and essentially story boards, it's a story that lends itself well to visual representation and I've really enjoyed watching it.
This is fantastic! So much promise! The ships and cinematography are well-maneuvered, though I think some of the character models aren't quite there. Thrawn's hair in particular kinda throws me off. Still, the passion really shines through in everything from the sound editing to the lighting. Love it! If you need another voice actor, or even to farm out some rendering, just let me know (I have a decent setup for both)! It's a dream I seem to share with a fair number of fans to bring Legends to life in the best way we can. Keep up the good work!
Can I volunteer myself to help as a voice actor for the next chapters? I do a pretty good imperial officer, and I have a decent microphone? Great work by the way!
I would also gladly volunteer! Not a pro, but I love doing voices and have a degree in filmmaking XD Happy to send a sample if you give me the line and the character
I found these today, I'm on chapter 6 and can't wait for the rest .this is brill The Timothy Zahn books were awesome and should have been the trilogy after Jedi. Well done for these.
Damn am I glad I was recommended this. Animation is done very well and you really captured the scene from the book. Some of the voices need a bit of work but the Thrawn voice was spot on. Calm and calculated yet menacing. Going to keep watching for sure
Wow. This is amazing work. My favorite series of books(and true sequel trilogy imo) come to life. Thank you Darth Angelus for this and I look forward to future chapters.
As a fan of Disney Star Wars, I can say that this is absolutely fantastic. The voices, the visuals, the rebels thrawn theme in the background. Sends chills down my spine
Oh my gosh! The animation and voices were amazing! You did an amazing job bringing this story from the EU to life. Finally something Star Wars we can enjoy. Thank you. This was an excellent video.
Ah...Thrawn....My favorite character in all of Star Wars. A villain who fights and thinks like a good hero. Curious indeed. And yet, nearly outmatched by any other strategist. EVER! Such a Chiss, turns yer own thing against you, and makes it better. Genius. LOVING these videos. I must see this entire book series completed! Thank you for bringing this to life! Much love an respect.
Oh my god. A fan-made animation of heir to the empire! I had been waiting for it for sometime. You should do the animations for the other time periods of Star Wars Legend!!!!
"Learn about art, Captain," Thrawn said, his voice almost dreamy. "When you understand a species' art, you understand that species."
One of my favorite Quotes of all time. So true..
(I Don't remember the exact quote, but this is close enough)
"I Think I'm finally starting to understand their art," Thrawn cooly said
"That'll for sure come in handy," Paellon bargained.
"It won't; I destroyed their world," Thrawn said in the same cold voice.
My 10-year old mind exploded when I started reading these books. Star Wars truly expanded....and then Disney came and ruined that. Just the attention to detail, care, and the weaving in of all the great EU content into this series! The freighters, the ships, the transport ships (from X-Wing video game)! Everything is blah now. Sad.
There’s more,he’s planning ahead of schedule.
@@MartinWenzelYT yeah it's sad Disney swept all that work under the rug especially since they did it to make their trash trilogy.
"History is on the move, Captain. Those who cannot keep up will be left behind, to watch from a distance. And those who stand in our way will not watch at all" -Grand Admiral Thrawn
I can't wait to bring that line to life :D
What is that mean
From the book last command just finished that line
@@aidanglenane8330I think it was said in Dark Force Rising?
This was PERFECT. It showed Thrawn as he should be-- a calm, collected genius who knows his foes better than they know themselves.
The newest books and his appearance in the cartoons are also done well. Thrawn is straight up the best imperial character in the series, no matter which version
@@truegregthompson Exactly.
I couldn't agree with you more.
@@truegregthompson I agree. While I do find Rebels Thrawn a little more child-friendly, he was still very close to the original which I respected. I may even consider these two Thrawns the same character. Thrawn in Rebels is more calmer and affable. However, once he had returned from the Unknown Regions, which is where we last saw the villain, he has become more evil and competent.
100% agree. And I like these stories as the "sequels" far more than what we got from Disney.
*I was eating brekfast while watching this and when Thrawn began talking, my butter began melting into a fine liquid*
He does that :)
To be honest, I would more expect 5he temperature in the room to drop by at least 10 degrees.
@@legostarwarsfan1662 I guess depends whos watching, haha
Thrawn is one of the most underrated, and underappreciated characters in both Sci-Fi and literature.
I'd class him as one of my favorites mainly because he's such the strategist or A bot in chess.
Elite admiral man
Idk, he kind of seems like a needless copy of vader who's scenes would've worked way better with vader instead.
@@thescruffinator8830 I have to disagree.
In my oppinion Thrawn is a by far more cold and calculating chsracter than Vader who's mindset is a mix of cold hearted killer and emotionally driven berserker way of dealing with things.
I'd say he's been actually gaining fans and publicity recently
Impressive. MOST impressive.
I look forward to seeing more. Including the Ysalamiri.
Thankyou everyone who came to the premiere event. I'm not sure why it didn't work, but I do appreciate you coming along. I hope you're able to enjoy the video now that it's available normally.
when is the rest of the chapters going too be uploaded .....?
Very well done read the book as a kid. I'll give a thumbs up! Disney could learn a lot from this. Thank you I hope to see more.
Good work with Thrawn his glowing eyes made him even more intimidating
You did a good job with this, thank you!
Can you redo this with marc thompson's voices? Thrawn seems to effeminate, Pellaeon sounds to young. GREAT IDEA - but the voice casting is off. The battle was tactically wrong as well. A marg Sable maneuver should have shown ships flanking the enemy from all sides. Instead your ships just went straight in. This Video has great potential but needs a lot of work. If you used modern day cgi to redo this motion comic video I'd pay money.... ruclips.net/video/rsrnakOuUaI/видео.html
Not a fan of the voices. But the overall work is impressive. Anything that makes live the EU is welcomed.
I didn't want this story to be forgotten.
@@DarthAngelus Thrawns voice is great.
Honestly if they were able to get some professional voice actors on board with this I'd legit pay money for it.
Are the voices from the audio book I only have the hardcover versions of the EU still not got anything from the new cannon
@@wolf99000 voices in the audiobook are all narrated by the same guy.
I was watching this after watching a review of The Last Jedi and almost started crying. What you've done here proves that Heir to the Empire should have been episode seven, regardless of what those clowns Kennedy, Abrams and Johnson think. Well done, this was perfect. You brought it all to life, even the otherworldly nature of Thrawns voice that Zahn described. Thank you.
Have you heard Marc Thompson's thrawn? It's fantastic also
I swear y’all are everywhere
Both TLJ and Thrawn are good, TRoS is bad though
The actors were way to old
SparkySywer i disagree
This is all I've ever wanted. An animated Trawn trilogy. Thank you.
Likewise! So I decided to make it :)
This is art! Very well done.
I see what you did there, thankyou! :)
@@DarthAngelus The grand admiral will be very pleased.
This was so artistically done
This scene is EASILY Thrawn's most iconic moment for me. Thank you Dave Filoni for referencing this scene in The Clone Wars!
Yes! I think it's really gives you a good impression of what Thrawn can do :)
I just remembered how they had Ahsoka pull this same maneuver in season 1. Great callback to the genius of Thrawn.
Thrawn is now the new emperor
Damn man, this is a great animation based on the Thrawn trilogy. You've managed to get Thrawn's alien nature and tactical genius pretty well.
Thankyou! I spent a lot of time thinking about how to adapt this scene and get it right. It's no good having Thrawn in it if he's not actually being Thrawn.
@@DarthAngelus it shows. Outstanding animation theat comes from a true Artist.
Good heavens, animated Heir? I can't even explain how happy I was to stumble upon this.
Great overall work, VA could use a bit of tweaking as the animation but that is minor concern.
Long live the true Sequel Trilogy.
I'm glad you found the project! And thankyou for your feedback :)
@@DarthAngelus I thank you for this endeavour. I will watch your progress with great interest.
This was fantastic, can’t wait for the rest. I would also put out a casting call for VA (if you haven’t already) would absolutely love to see Mara Jade come to life in this series and there’s plenty of talent who would love to work on a project like this. Keep up the good work!
A casting call will go out when I figure out how many people I need :)
@@DarthAngelus I would be very'[ interested to provide any voice over work on any of your projects.
Thrawns voice sends shivers down my spine. Nicely done! (Cant wait for more!)
Thankyou, I will be sure to pass that on to Robert, who played Thrawn :)
Holy sh!t that was AWESOME!
Why thankyou! :D
THIS was, is and forever will be the REAL SEQUEL.
@@meleardil That is kinda exaggerated
@@MultiDevilmaster Not really... I love the work of Zahn. also, decades of OTHER materials built on them. After the communist "erase the past"mentality consumed disney, anything they do is not constructive, but destructive. therefore stuff based on Pre-disney IS Star Wars for me, the Disney trash is just that... fraudulent remakes to suck money out of customers.
Please come on EFAP again.
Watching this literally gave me chills. Thrawn is easily one of the most dangerous people in Star Wars because of his abilities. This was really well done. Can't wait to see more!
Thrawn could had saved the galaxy and that filthy ruk killed him.
I came back to comment as I read the thread and realized no one said THE line...
"But, it was so artistically done"
I've been waiting for someone to say that :D
So artistically done! Can't wait for the Chapter 2.
Already out.
You are doing the will of the Force. This is outstanding!!!!
Thankyou! I was going to respond with I try, but Yoda wouldn't like that ;)
Nice seeing you here!
@@thatoneradicalizedprussian225 you as well. Long live the Empire!!!!
@@DarthAngelus you did, not tried.
Impressive most impressive I love to see the whole trilogy done it this way.
I had a goosebumps and tears in my eyes. That's what I expected from third trylogy... Great job! My beloved Thrawn's trilogy!
Same here. The new Thrawn trilogy novels are good too and there is another Thrawn novel on the way too. Next Spring
This is the beginning of the TRUE episode 7!!! Bless you for doing this!!!
Impressive. Most impressive. The Thrawn Trilogy, in my opinion, is a masterpiece of Star Wars literature. You, my friend, deliver a fine adaptation, especially with Thrawn himself. Bravo
Thankyou! :D
Heir to the Empire is what hooked me onto Star Wars as a young adult. Seeing this come alive as an animated project is beyond amazing. Thank you for taking on this endeavor, I eagerly look forward to seeing more of your work.
Also, in regards to Thrawn's VA.... it grew on me. I think his raspiness added to the fact that Thrawn is supposed to be an aged, intelligent individual whom has years of experience. I don't know why it works... it just does.
THIS is the Star Wars we need, want, and deserve. This is real Star Wars, not that Disney crap. EXPANDED UNIVERSE, not "legends" trash.
To paraphrase Sandor Clegane:
"F Lucasfilm. F Kathleen Kennedy. F Disney!"
Excellent Job! The Heir to the Empire trilogy are the real Episode 7, 8 & 9. Keep up the great work, can't wait to see the rest of these!
Holy mother of GOD SOMEONE ACTUALLY DID IT!! God bless you sir, thank you for bringing forth one of the best storylines and best characters to life. Thrawn is the best Antagonist of Star Wars in my eyes.
Thankyou! These are really kind words and I'm excited to be bringing the story to life :)
@@DarthAngelus you're doing God's work. Thank you once more.
Everyone knows THIS (Timothy Zahn's Thrawn Trilogy) should have been the sequel trilogy. Love it!
the people who decided to do this are gods amoungst men
This deserves even more praise than it already got. The first battle with Grand Admiral Thrawn was a highlight in the novel and in the audio play they produced in Germany (with the original German voices of the movies, as far as the actors were still alive, and a bunch of other very talented voice actors).
What I like even best is the return of the Assault Gunboats from the original X-Wing games. Such a pity that they have never been canon in the movies and shows...
just started reading this book as my first look into the star wars universe. This is awesome!
Good timing then! I hope you enjoy the book too!
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Watching this after choking down the Ashoka series is SO refreshing. Thank you for this
"But it was so artistically done"
Hey Disney! Take a look at how this is directed, edited and story-boarded. Throw this man some production dollars and a few actors. This guy could save Star Wars. Give him a budget! (Nice work, dude)
I mean the voices are so-so sure, but the overall feeling is amazing. You really captured Thrawn here! And I can really see the effort and heart that went into it. To me that wins over CGI-quality and what not. Artistically done :)
Thankyou!
Awesome. This short scene is better than The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and Solo films put together. Timothy Zahn's writing is magnificent.
Thrawn's voice is cool. More of Thrawn is always welcomed.
Star Wars has so many good fan movies nowadays, it appears that it's community is in a way more resourceful than most other fanbases, this deserves respect. Only one thing to note, most imperial military members (except Thrawn and persons of his "level") are speaking and talking faster, they were just trained that way, as their profession is combat (Thrawn speaks slower than other imperials cuz combat is a sort of science and art to him, and he's got more thoughts than them going on at the same time, even during a conversation)
Just this clip is more satisfying than the entire sequel trilogy.
Tharwn: I'm basically a likable, competent, and intelligent version of every protagonist from Dan Brown's novels.
Keep Fighting FORWARD!!!
This is worth every red cent of passion you put into it!!!
Thankyou, definitely a passion project that keeps coming back in my mind :)
May not have the best animation may not have the best voice actors, but we got one of the best stories in star wars and enough people who care to blow anything out of the water. Thawn was also giving me chills so props by the end I was so invested any shortcomings were nothing more space dust
Thankyou! :)
This is what thrawn should have been like in rebels
They would never have allowed him with glowing red eyes in Rebels, it´s a kids show!
@@sebas8225 what do you mean? Did you even watch rebels? Maul ended up killing multiple inquisitors. Thrawn destroyed multiple of the rebels. He even made one of the guys kill himself. Tarkin had imperials excuted. There was a scene where loth wolves destroyed a bunch of stormtroopers. I think it got pretty good and I think thrawns red eyes were perfectly fine.
Sebas G why
How Thrawn was displayed was if anything, one of the good thing about Rebels. He was competent, maybe a bit too cocky at times, but i was the closest of being an accurate and enjoyable representation i have seen so far.
@@_Muzolf - competant? He was defeated by a group of kids and space whales. Plus, he tried to shoot down a shielded tie defender that was strafing...with a blaster. Complete moron in rebels.
Terrible, awful, awful. It was indistuingishable from bad plagerization, if Zahn wasn't involved. Massive disrespect to the character and the eu in general.
This 6 minute long video was already better than the entire Disney Sequel Trilogy.
This is great!! Love it!! Great voice actors.
Thankyou! :)
I like this alot! Since Heir To The Empire takes place only 5 years after the Battle Of Endor, New Republic;( which got blown away in Episode 7-dumb right?) is the right progression for the Rebel Alliance given they want to restore peace to the galaxy. The Imperial Remnant with Thrawn trying to fight against them is very compelling. This is a great animated adaption. The character modeling is prretty good, and I like the voice acting well enough. I hope this keeps going.
I'm glad you're enjoying it! :)
Great to see the EU and especially one of the greatest books of the EU come to life like this. Overall delivery was fair, but most importantly I feel like Thrawn was just right.
Thankyou, Admiral :)
This takes me back to when I read the Heir to the Empire series in high school. I kept trying to remember the books while watching. The animation, music, sound effects, all wonderful. Well done!
Wow. A post ROTJ trilogy that has the big 3 heroes appear together in each of the chapters. Didn't realize it could be done
I have been meaning to watch this video for months, and I am so glad I did. I am absolutely going through this whole entire series now! This is amazing! This is artistic! This would make the Grand Admiral proud. Well done, sir.
Enjoy watching!
This is AMAZING. Thrawn is perfect! Can't wait to see more!
Thankyou! I want to do more, just need to overcome some technical issues, but I'm working on that :)
OMG more please, i don't care about the quality of the voices. This is heads and tails better than anything disney made.
This is the real canon, right here.
John Scopes I see you forgot Luuke
Too bloody right
**Actually it wasn't the real canon ever, as it never was canon in the first place. The Expanded Universe was never Official Star Wars canon at any time whatesoever.** George Lucas did not acknowledge it as legitimate in his Star Wars Universe. The EU was literally a 'paralell Star Wars Universe.He considered it seperate and distinct from his works and not canonical. The only content he cosidered Canon was his direct works only. That is to say :
* The 6 Movies
* The TV Projects
* The Clone Wars series
This is confirmed by 100 of quotes from both Lucas directly and people who knew him and worked with him, and is even acknowledge by EU authors themselves.
For a full write up of these quotes and supporting commentary please visit this site, it's in 3 parts just scrool down and look for the the user named "Grim'alkun".
www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsCantina/comments/cnqmcz/swnn_guest_editorial_did_george_lucas_consider/
All these quotes are verified. There is no confusion here, these quotes span a 20 year period and even include a recanting of Leelan Chee and Sue R of Lucas Licesncing who admitted they were wrong in thinking that the EU was legitimate canon and that it was in fact, not canon at all.
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Leland Chee, the Keeper of the Holocron (Star Wars internal encyclopedia manager), *who was previously adamant that there was no “parallel Star Wars universes” *(in direct contradiction to Lucas’ statements), *later conceded that George Lucas’ canon was separate from what he was overseeing with the licensing world.*
*“[Lucas’] canon - and when I say ‘his canon’, I’m talking about what he was doing in the films and what he was doing in The Clone Wars - was hugely important. But what we were doing in the books really wasn’t on his radar.”*
-Leland Chee, 2018
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This is supported by Sue Rostoni, of Lucas Licensing as well as follows -
*"George knows more about Star Wars than we do. He doesn't see the extended universe as ”his” Star Wars, but as ”ours.” I think this has been mentioned previously, maybe in other places, but it's not new info, as far as I remember."*
- Sue Rostoni, Lucas Licensing (LLP Managing Editor), Jun 2004
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Some examples -
Lucas said of the Expanded Universe: 2005
**"I don't read that stuff. I haven't read any of the novels. I don't know anything about that world. That's a different world than my world....When I said [other people] could make their own Star Wars stories, we decided that, like Star Trek, we would have two universes: My universe and then this other one.**
**“There are two worlds here,” explained Lucas. “There’s my world, which is the movies, and there’s this other world that has been created, which I say is the parallel universe - the licensing world of the books, games and comic books. They don’t intrude on my world, which is a select period of time, [but] they do intrude in between the movies. I don’t get too involved in the parallel universe”**
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**"And now there have been novels about the events after Episode VI, which isn't at all what I would have done with it. The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, the Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married..."**
- George Lucas, Flannelled One, May 2008, "George Lucas", 'TF Interview', Total Film Magazine
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”The novels and comic books are other authors' interpretations of my creation. Sometimes, I tell them what they can and cant do, but I just don't have the time to read them all. **They're not my vision of what Star Wars is.”**
- George Lucas 2004
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"I like to refer to the Interview with Lucas in the Special Editions.When asked about the novels and whatnot, he simply says:
**”Those are another author's interpretation of what I've created, and not to be taken seriously, as far as what is really going on in the Star Wars world.”**
~ George Lucas
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"Q: What do you think of the expanded universe of books?
A: **"The books are in a different universe. I've not read any of them, and I told them when they started writing I wouldn't read any of them and I blocked out certain periods [they couldn't touch where the real story happens]."**
- George Lucas 2003
@ I don't think anyone here was trying to deny that, he stated an opinion due to the state of what is currently happening with the timeline and the disappointment it has caused
@Jack Smith true canon is jesus christ
I heartily applaud the effort. Thank you for all the work this must have taken.
I love hearing Thrawn's theme in the EU canon!!!! Thank you for making such an excellent fanfilm!! Who composes your score, when it isn't archived soundtracks?
It's all soundtracks. Thrawn's theme in this was from Rebels :)
WOW! This is so fucking cool. The Thrawn trilogy is one of my favorite Star Wars stories, & seeing it adapted to the screen like this is awesome. And the dialogue is straight from the novels, with some uneeded dialog cut out. VERY cool
WOW, I'd NO idea this even existed. The Thrawn trilogy are the REAL Episodes 07 to 09 as far as I'm concerned. Shared
Hearing Thrawns voice over the rebellion ships being destroyed actually gave me goosebumps. This is such an amazing project and I can not wait for more to come!
Up to Chapter 8 now and the ninth is well underway :)
I would just like to express my true heartfelt appreciation for this seminal work. I have been dreaming about seeing this made into a film since I read it as a youngling in the 90s.
I really thought Disney would make this trilogy. If they had gone into production on this immediately in 2012, they would have the most influential and prosperous franchise on their hands. It would’ve rivalled MCU or even beaten it. All they had to do was stick to the damn Timothy Zahn Script.
Which is what you are doing. I am subscribing and I will be financially supporting this project. It has been my dream to make a full live action of this trilogy since I was a kid.
You are amazing and deserve as many subs as SWT. All best
Thankyou so much for all your kind words and your support! This is a dream project for me too and it's so good to see so many enjoying it :)
UNBELIEVABLE --- A TRUE WORK OF ART THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH !!!
I love how it sticks to the text, it feels amazing !
Keep it up lads! :DDDDD
I'm glad you're enjoying it so much! Keep watching the other Chapters so far! :)
Oh, man! I loved it. You have yourself a new subscriber!
I'm I huge fan of chapter 2. It's such a great reintroduction of Luke and Leia and how they've grown since RotJ. I honestly can't wait!
Edit: I also can't wait for Mara to finally get animated beyond a few very old games. I really hope her voice actress captures all of her nuances and doesn't overplay solely a single aspect of her character. Too many book authors besides Zahn and Stackpole wrote her a bit too one dimensionally, so I'm a bit worried. Edit 2: I just watched Imperials on your channel. Please don't hire that voice actress for Mara. It sounded very... minimal effort and Mara is too well loved of a character to not have bad first impressions leading to negative comments in huge numbers. Sorry if that voice actress is a friend but perhaps they could be Winter or one of the Norghi instead...
Pellaeon needs a bit more nuance too (sounds too rookie officer (and that's not an age crack) compared to a skilled commander who's observing a true master and realizing just how outclassed he is but still competent enough to spot the Masters occasional blindspots, which does happen later) but it good enough for this chapter. He did a solid read of this chapter, I'm just saying it failed to show what later chapters did also. Basically it was a the read of an Imperial officer watching his boss, but Pellaeon is basically Dr John Watson to Thrawn's Sherlock Holmes and that part felt it could have been at tab more present. I've seen lots of other fan productions where the early voice acting was just ok but it had vastly improved by a few more chapters. So I'm sure he'll figure out the character more as you put out more chapters. It might help the voice actor here to hear the audiobook, not asking that he copy what his voice sounded like, just study how Mark Thompson showed Pellaeon's skills from his choices of how he read the lines. You know, what parts he choose to emphasize and when he choose to act more cautious on. Thrawn though was very good for this early in the production.
Out of curiosity. How long did this take you to make and produce? Just asking so I can get a rough estimate of how long between chapters. Yes, I know later chapters are FAR longer than this one.
Woah! Long review, but a welcome one :) I do appreciate all your feedback, thankyou :)
This one took about three weeks to make, some of that time was waiting for the dialogue to be recorded. I don't think that can be a useful guide for how long it takes to produce more clips though, it really depends on how complex the scenes are.
Wow, I'm seriously impressed! I like your Thrawn voice. Thrawn's eyes and model make me think of Dracula or something though lol
This should have been Episode VII. The death of the EU ruined everything for me. Everything Disney does feels empty.
I feel the same. After thinking about all the epic opportunities Disney had when they took over the franchise, it makes me sick just thinking about the garbage trilogy they made. Now I get belligerent whenever I hear or see any reference to the Disney trilogy.
@Commando Droid Rogue One, Solo, and Mando are exceptions for me. I haven't seen CW7 or even Rebels, but I hear good things.
@Commando Droid nah man. They're on my list. Working on getting there. I'll watch the whole thing. That's who I am :)
@Commando Droid *smack*
@Commando Droid I am referring more to the sequel trilogy. Mando, CW, some of Rebels, and Rogue One are all pretty good. I've only seen parts of Solo, but from what I've seen it seems kind of empty. I should probably watch the whole thing before judging it though.
Holy crap! That noghri gave me chills. Good work with the lighting, it cast Ruhk in a very threatening light.
I always imagined him lurking in the shadows like that, glad he was giving you chills :D
this was amazing and Thrawn himself would be impressed and consider this very artistically done
So good! Shared with every Star Wars fan I know! Thank you!
Thank you so much for bringing to life this Star Wars masterpiece. Let us know how may we support your talent to bring more chapters to life. You are a true Artist! MTFBW you.
The best way to support me is to watch and share my original work on Amazon :)
www.amazon.com/Chronicles-Humanity-Redemption-Kim-Genly/dp/B01H818ZAK/
I just found all these. Gonna start. But they look amazing from the bits I’ve watched. Damn I’d love to have voiced some characters in this. Amazing job
Watchin' this makes me wanna read one of the books about Thrawn.
Yes, they're worth reading :)
Damned right
I'm really happy to have had this pop up in my recommendations feed :D I love watching fan-made representations of stories in the EU and you're representing a story that has both a comic version and a novel! That's a lot of reference material and essentially story boards, it's a story that lends itself well to visual representation and I've really enjoyed watching it.
Thankyou! I've been using the comic for visual references too, it's helpful :)
This is fantastic! So much promise! The ships and cinematography are well-maneuvered, though I think some of the character models aren't quite there. Thrawn's hair in particular kinda throws me off. Still, the passion really shines through in everything from the sound editing to the lighting. Love it!
If you need another voice actor, or even to farm out some rendering, just let me know (I have a decent setup for both)! It's a dream I seem to share with a fair number of fans to bring Legends to life in the best way we can. Keep up the good work!
I really think that this was well done. Voice actors didn't bother me and dude did a pretty good Lando voice.
Wonderfully done!!!! Thank you! I too hope there is more on the way!!
Thankyou! I'm glad you liked it! I'm getting the feeling I'll be reading the rest of the book again soon ;)
I love how accurate this is to the source material.
Can I volunteer myself to help as a voice actor for the next chapters? I do a pretty good imperial officer, and I have a decent microphone?
Great work by the way!
Do you have some samples I could listen to? :)
@@austinbecker6303 Please do :)
@@DarthAngelus I'd also like to volunteer my voice, if you decide to continue with these!
I would also gladly volunteer! Not a pro, but I love doing voices and have a degree in filmmaking XD Happy to send a sample if you give me the line and the character
I found these today, I'm on chapter 6 and can't wait for the rest .this is brill
The Timothy Zahn books were awesome and should have been the trilogy after Jedi. Well done for these.
Thankyou! You don't have to wait long for the next one, Chapter 7 is released tomorrow :)
Your VFX work has improved SIGNIFICANTLY since Imperials! Well done man! I look forward to seeing more! :)
Thankyou, I'm glad you enjoyed it! This does feel like a big step forward :)
Damn am I glad I was recommended this. Animation is done very well and you really captured the scene from the book.
Some of the voices need a bit of work but the Thrawn voice was spot on. Calm and calculated yet menacing. Going to keep watching for sure
Thankyou! I've got upto Chapter 4 for you to enjoy :)
Everytime I see that painting next to pellaeon head, It remind me of the necrons ship.
Beautifully adapted, from the animation to the music!
Thankyou!
This is epic 5 stars. Great work.
Man, i love the organ in the soundtrack. I know you probably cannot use the Thrawn theme from Rebels, but it would sound AWESOME with organ.
this is far above so much better the recent sequels produced by disney
I love the implementation of Thrawn theme from Rebels, it's the one thing I missed in recent Thrawn audiobooks
Damn I would have payed thousands to watch this at the cinema!!! Not the shitty sequels!!! I TOTALLY LOVE IT!!! GOOD JOB!!!
Pelleon’s voice wasn’t great but Thrawn voice wasn’t bad. Great work.
Mark Thompson gets Pellaeon's voice right
It's about time that a sequel trilogy was made!
Wow. This is amazing work. My favorite series of books(and true sequel trilogy imo) come to life. Thank you Darth Angelus for this and I look forward to future chapters.
As a fan of Disney Star Wars, I can say that this is absolutely fantastic. The voices, the visuals, the rebels thrawn theme in the background. Sends chills down my spine
Thankyou! I want fans of all aspects of Star Wars to be able to enjoy this project :)
Oh my gosh! The animation and voices were amazing! You did an amazing job bringing this story from the EU to life. Finally something Star Wars we can enjoy. Thank you. This was an excellent video.
Thankyou! I'm so glad you enjoyed it :)
6 minutes and 47 seconds from the opening pages of HTTE, and it's already better than the entirety of that excuse for a trilogy concocted by Disney.
Subbed.
Thrawn and Dooku are my favorite characters, and the Warlords era is my favorite era. Thank you so much for giving what Disney refused to give
this was made 4-5 months ago and only now I'm being notified most displeasing RUclips most displeasing.
On the plus side, you didn't have to wait 4-5 months for chapter 2 ;)
Ah...Thrawn....My favorite character in all of Star Wars. A villain who fights and thinks like a good hero. Curious indeed. And yet, nearly outmatched by any other strategist. EVER! Such a Chiss, turns yer own thing against you, and makes it better. Genius. LOVING these videos. I must see this entire book series completed! Thank you for bringing this to life! Much love an respect.
Thankyou so much! I do hope to finish the book and then move on to the other two :)
@@DarthAngelus You have captured GAT's voice exactly as imagined reading it in the EU books so long ago, Brilliant!
This is fantastic. Still my favorite book(s) of all time.
Oh my god. A fan-made animation of heir to the empire! I had been waiting for it for sometime. You should do the animations for the other time periods of Star Wars Legend!!!!
Amazing work, you are far superior than Disney!
This. Being my favorite book series with my favorite characters is what star wars really should be like again.