Q: How many roles are available?

So much. A big part of these will be used in the future, in the two next fanfilms. Some characters will appears in the first one like extras.

Q: When will be start to shoot?

Pre-production is going to ahead within two years, but the shootings was started on August 2005, after the end of selection of cast and crew.

Q: When and Where?

First sequences set on Dantooine was shot on Santa Maria Maddalena, near Taggia, Liguria. Other locations are set on Arma di Taggia, Sanremo and probably, Como.

Q: Which technologies will be used?

We are shooting with Sony™'s HDV (Hign Definition Video), that allows a big video quality. The big part of this project, in addiction to the story, is the high video quality. We have a HDR FX1E camera, with 3 CCDs with a 1 megapixel.

Q: What about the choice of cast?

Cast and crew are been choices on the ground of script and character himself, but about all, in ground of professionality and seriousness, because even if is an amatorial work, we spend a lot of time, money and weariness.

Q: How old are the people involved in this project?

We have not an average age. We start from 18 years old (about the age of the character).
If you want to join the project, you can contact us, sending a mail to staff@newempire.net

Q: Have you finished all three scripts?

First chapter’s script is completed, even if we bring some little modifications. For the others two chapters, we have some dialogues, but we’ll finish the script after the end of the first one.

Q: Which kind of costumes you have?

Normal Jedi’s costumes are used in different ways (the story is set in “New Jedi Order”age) and somebody uses the old Jedi toga like a symbol. Sith have their normal dark style with some differences. Others costumes are made in ground of StarWars “style” with some surprises… We have also the armors, purchased and modified.

Q: What about film’s objects?

Objects are made at TNE Workshop (lightsabers, weapons, ship’s cockpit). Production can be watch on webcam activated almost all days.

Q: What about the story?

This series of fanfilms is set about forty years after the Battle of Endor. It’s telling about the adventures of Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade’s son: Ben Skywalker and his inseparable padawan, Jhax Sunrider. Planets are all deranged after the big aliens war against Yuuzhan Vong and all the Jedi are sending on rescue mission, while a big menace is going to overwork this moment, and to prepare to attack the New Republic. Stage tricks on Star Wars style will not lacks. The entire story was studied to make it tally with the original Star Wars stories.

Q: How much this project?

It’s difficoult to calculate the budget. We have a new camera, lights, costumes, armors, green curtain, and material for the objects. It’s probably that the total amount is about 6000 euros.

Q: When will you finish this chapter?

It’s too much soon to say, but in one years we could have some results. At the end of the next year it’s probably that the most part of visual effects will be finished and you’ll can see a teaser in the summer 2006.