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Heir to the Empire - animated fan film series adaptation (up on youtube)

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Hello guys,

I dunno if you already saw it on YouTube (I didn’t see any thread here dedicated to it), but there’s a guy that has been doing for one year now an animated CGI movie adaptation of the Heir to the Empire.
 

‘Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Chapter 1’:-

https://youtu.be/dgRbUd9xil0 - a 7 minute video at the DarthAngelus youtube channel
 

Its actually very good and professionally made. And since the guy made already did like 1/3 of the book, there’s a real chance that this project, unlike many others, will be finished in some time.
Well, the animation is well and professionally done, Rebels lvl I’d say.

I really can’t wait to see it finished cause its amazing.

Preferred saga:
EI (DVD version) • EII (Blu-Ray) • CW (DVD) • TCW (smudger9’s fanedit) • ROTS (Octorox’s Extended version) •RO, Solo (originals) • Andor (smudger9’s episode I and EddieDean’s ep. 3-4) • OT (2004’s DVD) • Mando (s01: smudger9’s fanedit, s02: original) • TBOBF (smudger9’s) • TFA, TLJ (originals) • TROS - HAL’s edit

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I hadn’t realised they were already on Chapter 12 of this series - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaWylkk_HHs 😃
 

Kudos to DarthAngelus for doing it - and also providing ‘director commentaries’ for each Chapter, look at ‘behind the scenes’ videos, and tutorials etc, to see how it is all done…

https://www.youtube.com/user/DarthAngelus/videos
 

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How has the series progressed? I only watched the first one, has it gotten better/worse?

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Well, half of the book has been adapted so far.

The series hasn’t good worse, difficult to say if it has got anu better, quality speaking it maintains the same amateur high lvl quality of the first episodes. Probably it will get even better as the story progresses (Mara Jade meeting Luke etc).

Preferred saga:
EI (DVD version) • EII (Blu-Ray) • CW (DVD) • TCW (smudger9’s fanedit) • ROTS (Octorox’s Extended version) •RO, Solo (originals) • Andor (smudger9’s episode I and EddieDean’s ep. 3-4) • OT (2004’s DVD) • Mando (s01: smudger9’s fanedit, s02: original) • TBOBF (smudger9’s) • TFA, TLJ (originals) • TROS - HAL’s edit

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Little update: after completing 17 chapters, the author decided to release a movie version with some upgraded animation scenes. “Heir to the Empire - Part One” will be realeased on Christmas 😉

Preferred saga:
EI (DVD version) • EII (Blu-Ray) • CW (DVD) • TCW (smudger9’s fanedit) • ROTS (Octorox’s Extended version) •RO, Solo (originals) • Andor (smudger9’s episode I and EddieDean’s ep. 3-4) • OT (2004’s DVD) • Mando (s01: smudger9’s fanedit, s02: original) • TBOBF (smudger9’s) • TFA, TLJ (originals) • TROS - HAL’s edit

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I can’t wait to watch this. Looks really good.

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DarthAngelus is at chapter 24 already! He also says chapters 25 & 27 are finished, with chapter 23 being nearly finished. CHapter 22 is the latest available on his actual channel for us to see.

It also appears he’s picked some some new subscribers for his channel soon after the official Ahsoka trailer was released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jxPoV2xlYE

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I thought DarthAngelus was going to do a movie version of this, compile his chapters into a feature length project?

It is still very cool what he doing, and how far he has done so far!
 

Edit: stupid me could not find the movie length HTTE video on his channel. I wasn’t looking in the right place:
 

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Part One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9fYUDQ6CM - 1 hour and 50 minute video at the DarthAngelus YouTube channel.

The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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Juno Eclipse said:

Emre1601 said:

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Part One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9fYUDQ6CM - 1 hour and 50 minute video at the DarthAngelus YouTube channel.

What an awesome fan project. I’m only 30 minutes in, but this is really impressive.

Chapter 23 is now listed on his channel as being made available tomorrow, May 4th.

A nice touch, releasing that on the 4th 😃

Yes, great project. All those awards on the front thumbnail cover, whatever they are for, he has deserved them all, for all the time, commitment, and very high quality in his videos. I hope he will do more projects like this, after a well earned rest!

The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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I’ve been watching this to refamiliarize myself with HttE for the coming Ahsoka series and Mandoverse finale. It has been a long time since reading Zahn’s novels, and thought I’d give these a watch instead. A really, really enjoyable experience watching these episodes.

Fantastic work and dedication from DarthAngelus.

“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas

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These are coming thick and fast:

Chapter 25 airs later tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYRrTH-2fSM

Chapter 26 airs on September 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-DMPs0Z-5M

Chapter 27 airs on September 14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae4xlNQlkGY
 

Darth Angelus YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@DarthAngelus/videos

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3 episodes in 2 weeks is awesome news. Looking forward to seeing them all.

“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas

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And all 3 episodes were so enjoyable. Darth Angelus is doing some fantastic work with these videos!

“Don’t tell anyone… but when ‘Star Wars’ first came out, I didn’t know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you’ve planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories - let’s call them homages - and you’ve got a series.” - George Lucas

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I want to thank 00Jason for introducing me to this thread.

Like everyone else, I have been extremely impressed with the animated series developed by DarthAngelus. I really wish we could have some variation of this as the sequel trilogy in live action, but I will gladly take what we got here.

I have never read the novels by Zahn,but I can clearly see why people loved the Thrawn character. We only received a partial version of this Thrawn in Rebels, and I have no idea what is going on with Thrawn in Ahsoka.

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I have really been enjoying this series . It’s not perfect , but closest to a direct movie adaptation we have gotten so far . I wish Disney/LFL would officially adapt the best of the Legends material into animation in the style of the DC animated movies . Those are pretty faithful to the source material , the Legends novels are still in print ,and I don’t think it would be a conflict of interest . Be a great way to appease the fan base .

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I watched it after reading the books again recently. The animation starts off a bit rough, but gets better as it goes. Same with the voice acting. Makes me wish they’d do an animated show that adapts other EU books. An animated Shadows of the Empire would be interesting.

All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph!

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He just recently finished the rest of it off. Don’t know when he’ll do Dark Force Rising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPg4aKdbCPQ

All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. Hmm? What he was doing. Hmph!

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I think he is updating all the animations for consistency throughout. That will take some time.

It will be a while for the rest of the Thrawn trilogy, but the wait is worth it considering the quality.

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philraid said:

He just recently finished the rest of it off. Don’t know when he’ll do Dark Force Rising.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPg4aKdbCPQ

He did an update video recently. No info on when he will be doing dark force rising, probably in 2nd half of 2025, after he’s done with his Re render of HTTE, which he’s asking for money for a GPU upgrade to do faster, and after that, he’s planning to upgrade his mo cap suit, which you’ll be able to support him getting on his Ko-Fi support page, where his current GPU upgrade supporter goal is as well:

https://youtu.be/GoQvWae2utU?feature=shared

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Looks awesome! Kudos througout infinity to DarthAngelus for making these!