''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''. It was created by Backyard Productions UK, a British amateur film production company founded by Darren Scales, Mark Scales and Edwin Hollingsbee. The film was premiered at Whittle Hall, RAF Cranwell on 9 September 2006.
Production
According to
BBC News, filming was carried out in a garage studio. However, Camera Diaries claimed filming took place at RAF Waddington, and only the post-production was done in the garage studio.
Availability
The full film is available to download on
TheForce.net. The complete DVD is available as a
BitTorrent download.
Other Backyard Productions projects
The group have previously released several films: ''Geriatric Park'' (a parody of ''
Jurassic Park
''Jurassic Park'', later also referred to as ''Jurassic World'', is an American science fiction media franchise created by Michael Crichton and centered on a disastrous attempt to create a theme park of cloned dinosaurs. It began in 1990 when ...
'', completed in 1994), ''Batman Returns Forever'' (a parody of ''
Batman Returns'' and ''
Batman Forever'', completed in 1995), ''Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard''
(a parody alternative to ''
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' inspired by the release of ''
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
''Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' is a 1999 American Epic film, epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It stars Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Dan ...
'' and completed in 2000), and ''Doom Raiders'' (a parody of ''
Indiana Jones
''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise based on the adventures of Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., a fictional professor of archaeology, that began in 1981 with the film '' Raiders of the Lost Ark''. In 1984, a prequel, '' Th ...
'' and ''
Tomb Raider'', filmed in
Cyprus and completed in 2002).
Notes
* The name is a pun on the
Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen ( , ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisti ...
story, "
The Emperor's New Clothes".
External links
Backyard Productions Official Site''Star Wars: The Emperor’s New Clones'' at TheForce.Net*
References
2006 films
2006 independent films
Fan films based on Star Wars
2000s parody films
British space adventure films
Parody films based on Star Wars
2000s adventure films
2006 comedy films
2000s English-language films
2000s British films
English-language science fiction films
English-language independent films
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