''Pink Five Strikes Back'' is a

fan film A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book, book, or video game created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators. Fan filmmakers have traditionally been amateurs, but some of the more ...

that made its debut on the

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in 2004, created by fans of the ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop-culture Cultural impact of S ...

'' franchise. The sequel to the popular ''

Pink Five ''Pink Five'' is a ''Star Wars'' fan film that made its debut on the Internet in 2002 and was written and directed by Trey Stokes and stars Amy Earhart as Stacey (a.k.a. Pink Five), a fast-talking Valley Girl-type dropped into an X-wing cockpit d ...

'', it is a

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set in the ''Star Wars'' universe. Amy Earhart returns as Stacey (a.k.a. Pink Five), a fast-talking

Valley Girl A valley girl is a socioeconomic, linguistic, and youth subcultural stereotype and stock character originating during the 1980s: any materialistic upper-middle-class young woman, associated with unique vocal and California dialect features, fr ...

-type pilot. In this installment, Stacey follows

Luke Skywalker Luke Skywalker is a fictional character and the protagonist of the original film trilogy of the ''Star Wars'' franchise created by George Lucas. Portrayed by Mark Hamill, Luke first appeared in ''Star Wars'' (1977), and he returned in ''The ...

Dagobah Dagobah is a fictional planet and eponymous star system appearing in the ''Star Wars'' films ''The Empire Strikes Back'', ''Return of the Jedi'', and ''Revenge of the Sith'', and other media. It is depicted as a world of murky swamps, steaming ...

, and eventually ends up being trained by

Yoda Yoda () is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' universe, first appearing in the 1980 film ''The Empire Strikes Back''. He is a small, green humanoid alien who is powerful with the Force and is a leading member of the Jedi Order until ...

as well. As ''Pink Five'' did with Episode IV, the film presents familiar events, story points, and now characters from Episode V from a very different point of view. The film proved popular with ''Star Wars'' fans, winning rave reviews and the Audience Choice Award in the 2004 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, sponsored by

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and

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. The next chapter of the ''Pink Five'' saga, ''

Return of Pink Five ''Return of Pink Five'' is a sequel to the fan films '' Pink Five'' and '' Pink Five Strikes Back''. It continues the adventures of Stacey (Pink Five) around the edges of the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy. The film was directed by series creator ...

'' was released in April 2006. The end of ''Pink Five Strikes Back'' promoted the final installment of the trilogy as ''The Revenge of Pink Five'', though the third film was finally named ''

'' which follows the ''Star Wars'' trilogy where the Episode VI's working title was ''Revenge of the Jedi'' but was ultimately named ''Return of the Jedi''.

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