# Star Wars: Revelations **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992 "2005-04-19T03:00:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/1 "2005-04-19T03:00:19Z")
Has anyone seen this fanmade film? It looks great. The acting is fair, but, hey, I sure as hell couldn’t do any of it. It’s a big download (242 Mb) (56k, forget about it), but well worth the time. According to the makers, it’s free to download and give away. [Check it out!](http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_movie.html) The site may be overloaded at times. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/2 "2005-04-19T15:17:38Z")
_bump_ ---
**Author:** ![Atrael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Atrael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atrael)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/3 "2005-04-19T17:02:55Z")
I just downloaded it and took a quick look. You’re right in that the acting is only so-so, but they did a great job on the special effects. They must have had permission from Lucas Ltd. or something in order to make it. If you haven’t seen it, I also recommend [Duality](http://www.crewoftwo.com/movie/), as it’s pretty good as well. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/4 "2005-04-19T17:15:09Z")
Apparently, Lucas is okay with fanfilms as long as the makers don’t try to profit from them. Atom Films has had a Star Wars fan film contest for several years now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/5 "2005-04-19T17:43:33Z")
> [@Atrael](#): > > If you haven’t seen it, I also recommend [Duality](http://www.crewoftwo.com/movie/), as it’s pretty good as well. Not too bad. I liked the after-the-credits shot of the flying droid-thingy crashing in the background. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/6 "2005-04-20T21:29:16Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Atom Films has had a Star Wars fan film contest for several years now. _[Pink Five](http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/pink5)_ always makes me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/7 "2005-06-03T07:16:37Z")
Wow, all those fan films were quite good. I liked the twist ending to duality. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/8 "2005-06-03T07:18:16Z")
I kinda liked revelations. The nice special effects really suprised me. You don’t expect it to be that good in a fan film. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/9 "2005-06-03T12:56:38Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > _[Pink Five](http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/pink5)_ always makes me laugh. That was kind of funny. Would have been better if “Stacey” had an actual X-Wing pilot helmet instead of the Top Gun aviator helmet. Apparently there’s a sequal: [http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/pink5\_strikes](http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/pink5_strikes) Overall, I would say the quality of the quality of those fan films is about on par with what you might find in the cut-scenes of some Lucasfilms games. You can get some really great professional quality 3D programs pretty cheap these days (by film production standards) so I’m sure that helps. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/10 "2005-06-03T14:56:51Z")
I tried to watch Revelations, but the acting is so awful I just couldn’ finish. Good sets, though. ---
**Author:** ![righto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@righto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/righto)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-revelations/299992/11 "2005-06-03T15:02:37Z")
> [@smiling bandit](#): > > I tried to watch Revelations, but the acting is so awful I just couldn’ finish. Good sets, though. It was still better than Episode 3’s though.