Galaxy of Adventures: The Original Trilogy (by Wakeupkeo, Irishpunk, Hal9000 & Bailey)

For anyone that isn’t aware, this was a project created for my ESL students to give them a more exciting learning experience using Star Wars. It includes three short animated films based upon Episodes IV, V, and VI (with English subtitles), as well as fully-illustrated books for early readers.

We thought we were done once Hal9000 kindly offered to put together the RotJ edit, but, due to the limited footage available from the YouTube shorts, Hal wasn’t completely satisfied with it.

Luckily, Bailey asked if he could try to build upon Hal’s excellent work and filled in the missing pieces with the TIE Fighter anime and some clever editing tricks.

Special thanks to Wakeupkeo for the A New Hope edit and providing us with our new RotJ text crawl, Irishpunk for letting us tinker with his ESB edit. and Jenn from Reddit for first suggesting that anime as a substitute.

If you’ve already got the old link to the Galaxy of Adventures edits, the latest updates are all in the same place, along with a few other goodies. Feel free to share them with as many kids (or kids at heart) as you’d like. If you don’t have the links yet, just PM me here.

I’ve been genuinely overwhelmed by the incredible response thus far and the many stories you’ve shared with me of the great reactions these have gotten from all the sons, daughters, nieces, and nephews out there. Thanks.

I was flooded with so many requests for these edits that Reddit’s AI banned me for ‘spam’ because of how many links I’d sent out. As a result, I can’t answer requests there anymore, so, if you’d like a link, this is the place to get it.

aGreatHumanBeing said:

Just saw A New Hope, and oh my! This was Star Wars on speed! 😄

This was really high paced, with no place for a little breather for an old man like myself. Action, action, action! But indeed a fun watch. I especially liked the flashbacks and to see a clip of Han changing his mind about helping the rebels.

Amazed by the skills of the editor. Looking forward to watch the rest!

Thanks for the feedback! I was very happy with how Wakeupkeo was able to weave them all together so seamlessly for his A New Hope edit. I agree with you about the little additions Titmouse Animation made to the original films, like showing the moment of Han changing his mind or Luke & Han’s stunned reactions to Leia’s badassery–that bit gets a huge laugh from my classes every time.

Please let us know what you think of the next two. With ESB, Irishpunk was the luckiest of the editors because he had the most footage to work with. That edit, like the movie itself, tends to be the most popular with my students. However, I continue to be very impressed with how well Hal & Bailey managed to stick the landing with their RotJ edit. Not one of my students has noticed thus far that the animation styles for the space battles are completely different 😉

Great to hear! ESB absolutely was the movie that got the most attention from Titmouse Animation. You can tell how much love they have for the movie. Unfortunately, RotJ kind of got the short end of the stick in comparison. There was absolutely no footage from the 3rd act for Hal9000 and Bailey to work with. However, I think they still managed to craft a satisfying story out of the existing material. Hopefully, it works for you.