George Lucas Wants You To Remix Star Wars
May 24th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Citizen Media, Digital Video Downloads, VideoGeorge Lucas has had his chance to remix Star Wars, and now he’s wants you to give it a try.
This week, Lucasfilm will make clips of Star Wars available on the Internet for fans to use in remixes. Over 200 clips, taken from all six Star Wars movies, will be available on StarWars.com beginning Friday, May 25 as part of the 30th-anniversary celebrations of the release of the original movie.
Lucasfilm has updated the StarWars.com site, adding an online video-editing tool provided by Eyespot. It allows users to add their own video shots to more than 250 scenes and music taken from all six Star Wars films and create their own Star Wars movies to share with others.
StarWars.com is also unveiling a new collection of hundreds of videos – many never before seen on the Internet – that will let fans enjoy some of the best user-generated Star Wars videos from across the web, including such cult favorites as “Chad Vader,” and five years worth of Star Wars Fan Movie Festival shorts, co-presented by AtomFilms.com. StarWars.com will also showcase extensive mini-documentaries that explore the making of the Star Wars Saga.
“Since 1977, Star Wars has been built on the idea that our fans are the reason we have been successful, and they have long shown their enormous creativity and desire to have fun and express themselves through Star Wars. Our new site brings our fans innovative tools like the Eyespot editor that let them do that in exciting new ways,” said Jeff Ulin, Senior Director of Distribution and Online for Lucasfilm Ltd.
“We want the new StarWars.com to empower fans to make and watch Star Wars videos, play games, and share their love of Star Wars like no other site on the Internet,” said Bill Gannon, Director of Online Operations for Lucasfilm Ltd. “StarWars.com already features blogs, special in-depth sections for kids and video gaming, the Hyperspace fan site, and the comprehensive StarWarsShop.com, making it unlike any entertainment themed website.”
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