brash_stryker said:

Matticon said:

On another note, maybe for ROTJ:R and ANH:HD you could do a kickstarter campaign?

I guess the only issue is that you can't make a profit? Well the easy solution to that is... spend ALL the money!

Matticon.

I think the usual response about funding something like Revisited through Kickstarter has been that it's a bad idea due to the matter of intellectual property.

I, however, completely disagree. Due to it being non profit, I believe it would be allowed, provided the bonuses you provide via each donation tier do not include the actual edit (as this might open a legal can of worms)

A donation of £10 or more, for instance, might get you a Revisited keyring or badge to show your support. Or even just an entry into the prize draw donators already get.

A mid range donation might get you a Tshirt

A mid to high range donation might get you a canvas print of Ady's custom painted cover art.

The highest range donation tier (in the tens of thousands) could consist of a particular prop from the production e.g. The Han in Carbonite plus an 'Executive Producer' credit in the final edit.

These are, of course, only examples, and the amount of tiers/rewards are only limited by the imagination.

As long as you make it emphatically clear it's a not for profit project, I see no reason why you couldn't fund each and every film in the Revisited saga through a single campaign - Revisited has become pretty high profile now. I think after ESB:R is released would be the time for a campaign.

There have been a few fanfilms funded through Kickstarter, 2 examples of which are below. Neither of these projects were shut down and successfully reached their funding goals:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/125377036/star-trek-continues-webseries?ref=live

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1144130879/star-wars-the-old-republic-revan-fan-film-0?ref=live

Put yourself in adywan's shoes. Would you be willing to risk it? I certainly wouldn't.