Twilight Jedi

The fanfilm won first place in the 2006 Philippine Toys & Collectibles Fanfilm Competition, held at SM Megmall.

Synopsis: Set almost a decade after the events of "Revenge of the Sith", pocket resistance groups have sprouted throughout the galaxy. Only a small number of Jedi are still alive, a few of which are involved in various guerilla movements. Two of these Jedi are Oniron Kurrian (Oneal Rosero) and Shard Khali (JP Agcaoili), Chalactan Jedi who barely escaped the Jedi massacre only because they left the Order as the Clone Wars was starting. Oniron left the guerilla movement soon after, and went into hiding. After a few years of searching, Shard finds Oniron in the backwater planet of Pereia.

Behind the scenes: Conceptualization for the fanfilm started in the middle of 2004, as Adrian Arcega and Luna Cruz started throwing around ideas for a emotionally-driven fanfilm after a Kurosawa movie date. Luna has had prior experience in fanfilm-making as the writer and production manager for the Matrix spoof, "The Juan" (which won first place in the Culture Crash Convention fanfilm competition), and has directed other short films, as well as the "Dream Systems" music video of the Purplechickens.

After months of tossing around story ideas and refining key concepts, the story was finalized early 2005, and preproduction started. Luna had to attend to other commitments, so scriptwriting duties fell to friend Paul Catiang, with help from another friend Ryllah Berico, who has had filmmaking experience herself. Adrian gathered costume and prop materials and started working on the saber props on January. Actors Oneal Rosero and J.P. Agcaoili started saber rehearsals in March. A few weeks before shooting, Paul finally finished the bulk of the script.

"Twilight Jedi" was directed by Adrian Arcega, with screenplay by Paul Catiang, Ryllah Berico, Paraluman Cruz and Adrian Arcega.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• twilight
• jedi
• star
• wars
• fanfilm

[Timofifi]

Who cares about the talking? I'd rather the talking in the video, instead of without. With the talking, it really sets the mood for the final battle, and just adds to the tension. My computer lagged some when the batte was going on, but I got the gist of it in the end. Fantastic movie.

How much did it cost to create?

[stompboxer]

Thanks. The budget was 20,000 Philippine pesos (which is about $400) using a Sony DV handicam with nice shutterspeed settings. Most of the money went to prop-making, the costumes, and the food and transpo for the actors.

The sequel--which is taking longer to produce--is going to be a LOT bigger, faster..and more intense ;) Just watch out for it.

[JUSTbeltiful]

When I saw the title "Twilight Jedi" I thought Obi-Wan was going to slice off Edward Cullen's head... I'm disappointed :(

[EarthKat30]

These fan films need to be reviewed by George Lucas and these videos need to be turned T.V. episodes.

[tight11334]

Well acted, good lines, great battle scene, but the audio was patchy at best. All around though, great job! :)

[championonwheels]

If you're here for the light saber battle it starts at 6:37.

[lifesrequiem12345]

@arsdag81 Filipino

[leadleg]

Great video! I enjoyed it!

[arsdag81]

where's that accent from? India or Arabic?

[tjmac17]

this is so cool!!!! =]]]