The ''Star Wars'' Mini Movie Awards a.k.a. ''The Artoos'' a.k.a. ''Episode 3 Inches'' was a filmmaking competition held in the UK by

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. The rules stated that filmmakers had to make an animation using ''Star Wars'' action figures of no more than five minutes. There were three awards - Best Creativity, Best Storyline and Best Use of Characters, and two age categories, Padawan (15 years and under) and Jedi (16 years and over). Two finalists were picked for each category by a judging panel consisting of

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, ''Empire'' magazine and ''Rampage'' magazine. All of the finalists were also put forward for the overall award of 'Best ''Star Wars'' Mini Movie'.Home
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, but instead was held at the Memorabilia show at the

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. Taking place on 13 August 2006 category winners were given a trophy, £250 and a collection of ''Star Wars'' toys. The winner of 'Best ''Star Wars'' Mini Movie' received a trophy, £1000 and a home entertainment system.

Awards

Best ''Star Wars'' Mini Movie
Winner: Dan Masen (''Star Wars: The Phantom Medallists'') Best Creativity (Jedi)
Winner: Michael Dobbin and Peter Kambasis (''The Carbon Freeze Sequence'')
Runner up: Dave Frear (''Star Wars: The Cantina'') Best Storyline (Jedi)
Winner: John Meins (''The Lucas Paradox'')
Runner up: ''unknown by article creator - please update'' Best Use of Characters (Jedi)
Winner: Dan Masen (''Star Wars: The Phantom Medallists'')
Runner up: Paul Rowley and John Collier (''Star Wars : Saturday Night At-At The Movies'') Best Creativity (Padawn)
Winner: Ben Crane (''Star Wars: The Ultimate Mission'')
Runner up: ''unknown by article creator - please update'' Best Storyline (Padawan)
Winner: Toby Manhire (''Honey I Shrunk The Star Wars'')
Runner up: ''unknown by article creator - please update'' Best Use of Characters (Padawan)
Winner: Nathan Hussein (''Happy Birthday Emperor!'')
Runner up: ''unknown by article creator - please update''

2007 Awards

For the 2007 awards (dubbed Lightsaber, Camera, Action) entrants were required to make a short film of no more than one minute that featured someone using the Hasbro Force Action Lightsaber. This time there will be only two awards, Best Film (Jedi) and Best Film (Padawan). The winners will receive a limited edition Chrome Force Action Lightsaber and a Sony DCR-HC27 camcorder. All finalists will receive a collection of Hasbro ''Star Wars'' toy. The judging panel is made up of representatives from Cartoon Network, ''Empire'' and ''Toxic''. The awards ceremony was due to be held in November.

References

External links

''Star Wars'' Mini Movie Awards website

''Star Wars: The Phantom Medallists'' at YouTube

''The Carbon Freeze Sequence'' at YouTube

''Star Wars: The Cantina'' at YouTube

''The Lucas Paradox'' at YouTube

''Star Wars: AT-AT The Movies'' at YouTube

''Happy Birthday Emperor!'' at YouTube
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Awards

2007 Awards

See also

References

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