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May 10, 2005
It's the Sith: on Star Wars fanfilms
In the SF Chronicle, Benny Evangelista surveys the alternative universe of post-Lucas repurposing: "Mika Salmi, chief executive officer of AtomShockwave... noted that this year's crop of more than 100 entries for the fourth annual Star Wars Fan Film Awards overall showed a higher level of visual and production quality than in previous years. One measure of how the established movie community is recognizing the fan film genre came last week when AtomFilms announced that... Cannes... has for the first time agreed to present 11 past and present Star Wars contest winners.... Lucasfilm, which is also known for taking a tough stance on fan films used for commercial or obscene purposes, sets the rules for the contest—... spoofs, mockumentaries or documentaries under 15 minutes... "Star Wars fans really have a sense of ownership about Star Wars,'' said Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm's head of fan relations. "Occasionally, ones get a little carried away. We want to make sure there aren't Star Wars characters and storylines that are salacious or lewd or really crude.'' [I'll say it again, since Sansweet didn't: Star Wars!]
Posted by at May 10, 2005 12:07 AM
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