Star Wars: The Emperor's New Clones (often abbreviated to TENCLO) is a 2006 feature-length Star Wars fan film that spoofs the story of Revenge of the Sith.[1] It was created by Backyard Productions UK, a British amateur film production company founded by Darren Scales, Mark Scales and Edwin Hollingsbee.[2] The film was premiered at Whittle Hall, RAF Cranwell on 9 September 2006.[3]
| Star Wars: The Emperor's New Clones | |
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| Directed by | Darren Scales |
| Written by | Darren Scales |
| Based on | Characters by George Lucas |
| Produced by | Darren Scales |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Dominic Gilvary |
| Music by | John Williams |
Production company | Backyard Productions |
| Distributed by | TheForce.net |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £3500 ($4,603.44 US dollars) |
Production
editAccording to BBC News, filming was carried out in a garage studio.[4] However, Camera Diaries claimed filming took place at RAF Waddington, and only the post-production was done in the garage studio.[5]
Availability
editThe full film is available to download on TheForce.net.[6] The complete DVD is available as a BitTorrent download.[7]
Other Backyard Productions projects
editThe group have previously released several films: Geriatric Park (a parody of Jurassic Park, completed in 1994), Batman Returns Forever (a parody of Batman Returns and Batman Forever, completed in 1995), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard[8] (a parody alternative to Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones inspired by the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and completed in 2000), and Doom Raiders (a parody of Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider, filmed in Cyprus and completed in 2002).
Notes
edit- The name is a pun on the Hans Christian Andersen story, "The Emperor's New Clothes".
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Matthew Pike (2006-05-05). "May the farce be with you". Lincolnshire Echo.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Darren Scales. "Backyard Productions - The story so far". Backyard Productions. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "May the Farce be with you". Sleaford Standard. 2006-08-30.
- ^ "Star Wars remade in garage studio". BBC News. 2008-01-02.
- ^ "Prince William and the Emperor's New Clones". 2008-01-09. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Star Wars: The Emperor's New Clones".
- ^ "TENCLO Bittorrent download". Backyard Productions. Archived from the original on 2008-06-04. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard".
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