"Premakes" The Empire Strikes Back (1950)

What if Star Wars was a 50s 3-D Movie?

Let's turn back the clock, shall we? Back to a distant time in an alternate universe far, far away... The 50s! It was a simpler age of 3-D movies, and robots named Robby, Gort, and Tobor. A hidden gem of this period in cinema is a little film called "The Empire Strikes Back", the second chapter in a planned three-part epic science fiction trilogy. While the preceding and succeeding episodes were never actually produced due to budgetary constraints, "Empire" shines as an example of 1950s 3-D space opera. The re-release of this trailer coincides with the 60th anniversary of this amazing film.

But, seriously folks... ever since I started cutting these premakes, I have had constant requests for a retro version of Star Wars. This is a little thank you gift for everyone who has been watching my work.

Here is the recipe for the trailer:
Flash Gordon (Deadline at Noon, Conquers the Universe), The Phantom Planet, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Invasion of the Animal People, Man Beast, Lunar Walker, Golden Bat (Ogon Batto), The Mysterians, Captain Midnight, First Spaceship on Venus, The Flying Saucer, The Fighting Devil Dogs, The Outer Limits (Second Chance, Soldier, I Robot, The Sixth Finger), Things to Come, Space Patrol, Atragon, Terror in the Midnight Sun, Forbidden Planet, Rocketship X-M, Latitude Zero, Space Flight, Metropolis, The Jetsons, Devil Girl From Mars, Tobor the Great, The Alligator People, The Return of the Fly, Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas, Starman (Attack from Space), Marvel Super Heroes (Iron Man), The Cyclops, The Sea Hawk, Kings Row, Mahler Symphony No. 6, Gustav Hoists The Planets (Mars), and The Empire Strikes Back Radio Drama

The following trailer is fake, independent, and not for profit. It is not endorsed or connected to Lucasfilm or 20th Century Fox. It was made as a purely technical exercise, and as a reflective deconstruction of elements in modern cinema.

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Empire Strikes Back
• Premakes
• Darth Vader
• Skywalker
• Han Solo
• Chewbacca
• R2D2
• Princess Leia
• Star Wars
• C3PO
• Lando
• Hoth
• Cloud City
• Yoda
• Dagobah
• George Lucas
• Jedi
• Boba Fett
• Lucasfilm
• Mash-up

[speedformercy]

it's retro-tastic!!

[porlob]

@JeremyKlown C-3PO is Maria from Fritz Lang's 1927 film Metropolis.

[abiel998]

@HCShannon Yo

[abex701]

Image quality is too crappy for 1950... still, nice editing!

[HCShannon]

Where's Yoda?

[hagerty1952]

@rkt739 - Yes, your guess hit! It's pretty severely cropped to remove the tread drive base.

[TheDrYes]

darth vader looks awsome in this whats he really from?

[MPZRACEVIDEO]

Great...very cool!

[Gnomechewer]

DUDE! AAAAH! Is there a word stronger than love? I [that word] this.

[thewewguy8t88]

i dont know. i mean now days people expect so much more mabye this could have worked in the 1950s but idk if it would have been as timeless

[roaringrockets]

Great!

[rkt739]

@porlob And R2-D2 is Omega from Der Schwiegende Stern a.k.a. First Men On Venus, or I miss my guess.