Have you ever watched one of those home-made Star Wars fan films? I haven't until today.
And damn their good! I wish I could figure out how to make lightsaber blades and sounds and all that crap on the computer. You'd see me and Rex duking it out on camera a ton!
Some particularly good ones are the lightsaber duels, which falls under the FX Projects at TheForce.net. Here are a few good ones I've watched.
http://www.theforce.net/theater/fxprojects/ryandork/index.shtml
Two of the FX artists that hang out on the Forums of TheForce.net duking it out with lightsabers. It's intense! One-handed saber combat, rolling on the ground, fighting dirty, and all that stuff!
http://theforce.net/theater/fxprojects/AlternateDuel/index.shtml
An alternate Episode II duel. One of those "What If?" Star Wars films. It's pretty cool as well. It's a spectacular two-on-one fight, and they even managed to make Force lightning!
http://www.theforce.net/theater/shortfilms/maru/index.shtml
Maru is also pretty good. I only watched it once or twice (and that was awhile ago), but I know it's awesome. It is about the training of a Padawan named Maru, who must make a choice between the Light-Side or the Dark-Side when his Master is killed by a Dark Jedi.
http://www.theforce.net/theater/fxprojects/aos2/index.shtml
The Art of the Saber is spectacular. Two brothers duke it out on the battlefield. Two sabers and double-edged lightsaber action, as well as some nifty and awesome looking lightsaber spins. Watch for them! A nice score by Hans Zimmer...well, his music from other movies, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator. The letter from the beginning is from a Civil War letter, which I thought was pretty cool.
I'll list more if anyone wants them! I just thought they were interesting, but you might not. They might take awhile to load.
