The deadline for the next Star Wars Fan Movie is approaching. If you don’t have it circled on your calendar already, the due date is 27th May 2008.
Get creative, get some friends together, get your cameras rolling or get your animation started, and submit your fan movie to AtomFilms by 27 May for a chance to be in the running for awards at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July.
Your movie may even get seen and chosen by George Lucas, and win the coveted George Lucas Selects award. Winners may also get their Star Wars Fan Movies shown on Spike TV. More details at starwars.atomfilms.com.
Stumped for inspiration? Check out these classics from previous submissions.
Comedy is always a crowd-pleaser, as Chad Vader proved last year as the big winner. It’s also an election election year in the US, and therefore the perfect season for political ads. Or, since it’s also the year of Star Wars Celebration Japan, and you can let Japanese art be your muse.
Then again, how about something musical? Like this Barber Shop quartet take on the classic Ewok song?
Check out more Star Wars fan movies here and make sure to enter this year’s challenge by 27 May. You can even use Star Wars Galaxies as the ultimate Star Wars movie-making kit, and turn in a machinima-style original.
- About the Author
- Latest Posts
John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
Categories: Comics Competitions, Digital Media, Film, Star Wars