Pedestrian Presents Flickerfest’s Star Wars Tribute

Proud Pedestrian is…present Star Wars tribute we will. Argh, annoying Yoda’s syntax is. Poorly cribbing it I am. OK enough of that. Pedestrian is super excited to present the Star Wars arms of Flickerfest’s fantastic 2011 programme. From Star Wars as hip hop music videos to Star Wars retold by someone who hasn’t seen it and a look at the UK’s Church of Jedism, Flickerfest’s schedule reflects the enduring cultural impact of George Lucas’ interstellar opus. Wow, is that a light saber in your cloak or are you just excited to see the schedule? Check out the details below along with a brief synopsis of each film. May the shorts be with you!

Star Wars Tribute
Total Running Time: 104min
Session Rating: M
Show Date: Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 9:00PM
Repeated On: Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 4:30PM
Full Flickerfest programme here.

STAR WARS GANGSTA RAP: CHRONICLES: ComicMCs Vader, Skywalker, Palpatine and Trooper are back with a sequel to the hit animated music video series Star Wars Gangsta Rap. With surprise appearances from Leia, Lando, and all your favorite flow from a galaxy far, far away.

HARDWARE WARS: Follow the adventures of Fluke Starbucker, Arty Deco, Ham Salad and the rest of the Red Eye Knights in this spectacle that was light years ahead of its time. This is the original Star Wars parody, created in the same year as Star Wars: A New Hope! Before the Robot Chicken parody, before the Family Guy Parody… Way, way before.

STAR WARS RETOLD (BY SOMEONE WHO HASN’T SEEN IT): Joe’s friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When he asked her if she would watch the original trilogy she agreed, but said that she already knew what happens. So Joe took out his voice recorder and asked her to start from the top and then created some very basic animation in Final Cut to go along with her narration.

THE DARK REDEMPTION: Taking place 48 hours before Star Wars IV: A New Hope, The Dark Redemption is set on the spice mines of Kessel, shedding light on the major events which led to Princess Leia getting hold of the Death Star plans. The short movie features a host of popular characters including SW comic book legend Jedi Mara Jade and bounty hunter Boba Fett with special guest star Peter Sumner reprising his original 1977 role as Lt Pol Trident.

STAR WARS IN A NOTEBOOK: How do you remember a movie from when you were a kid? Using things like paper, cardboard, cotton and the like, the short recreates the original movie, using some random and sometimes witty ideas/comments from kids that have recently experienced Star Wars.

AT HOME WITH THE JEDI: Meet the founders of the UK’s Church of Jedism, whose galactic ambitions reach for beyond the hometown of Holyhead, Wales.

PITCHING LUCAS: Four television executives attempt to pitch George Lucas ideas for a Star Wars TV series, but will Lucas, at home in his Ranch, like any of them?

STAR WARS OR BUST: Shot in 1999, prior to the release of Episode 1: The Clone Wars, this is a sequel to Tatooine Or Bust, following a new generation of fans spending up to a month in line, waiting for a film that could quite possibly suck

THE UNCONCIOUS SITH: The Unconscious Sith is the story of young Star Wars fan who dreams of entering his comic books as a Sith Apprentice and battling a Jedi.

GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE: Young George Lucas has writer’s block. If he doesn’t finish his screenplay in three days, he won’t graduate from USC Film School. What he doesn’t realise is that his story is all around him, until he meets his muse, a young woman (with a very unusual hairdo) who is “kind of leading a student rebellion”.

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