Comic Con 2011 was a veritable moving feast of delightful nerdery – from new toys an merch unveilings to those over-subscribed s and Star Wars Fan Movie Awards’ prestigious George Lucas Selects Award was chosen and congratulated by a host of nerdy on-lookers. 2y3n3h
This year’s story of a different part of the Star Wars universe to those shown in both trilogies, preferring instead to take the fake marketing approach that serves many fan poster-makers so well.
And it was a deserved winner in my book:
The film-maker spoke to The Official Star Wars B the wake of his victory, confirming that he was inspired to tell the story of an inanimate object from the Star Wars universe that is otherwise accepted as mundane in the context of the story – giving something traditionally relegated to the side-lines a brief shot at the lime-light. He talks of his motivation in this re-posted response to the question of his motivation and inspirations:
George leading the way, many other great movies would never have been possible.
As far as what prompted me to a make a Star Wars fan film, and maybe even someday have a hand in an actual Lucasfilm Star Wars project!
A fitting win for a true talent.
You can read the full interview with Eliot here.
