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- This project is not endorsed by\u00a0Lucasfilm Ltd., Bad Robot Productions, or Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures<\/li>\n
- This project is not associated with or related to the upcoming official Episode IX feature film (aka: this is not based on the upcoming theatrical film’s story)<\/li>\n
- This is an fan-written, alternate story in the Star Wars timeline that takes place after the canonical “Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi” and offers a different take on how the Skywalker Saga might have ended<\/li>\n
- This project will be released over the course of a dozen podcasts in a Radio Drama<\/a>\u00a0format,\u00a0culminating in a final feature-length audio experience presentation.\u00a0 This means that you will not be watching our story, but rather listening to it as told via narration, voice actors, music, and sound effects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Phew!\u00a0 All those bullet points would’ve made for far too long of a title.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0\u00a0It’s important to note, too, that we\u00a0have not created our unofficial, alternate Episode IX\u00a0to disparage Star Wars in any way.\u00a0 When the official Episode IX comes out in theaters, please be sure to go out and see it!\u00a0 We here at EpisodeIX.org are all big fans of the franchise and are excited to see what’s both on the horizon and far down the road in this historic universe.<\/p>\n
Now that that’s out of the way, let’s dive a little deeper into who we are and what it is we’re doing here at EpisodeIX.org.<\/p>\n
This is a not-for-profit, fan project and everyone has been generous enough to volunteer their skills towards making, what we hope, will be a truly amazing final product that will immerse listeners in the rich universe of Star Wars in a completely new and different way then they ever have before.\u00a0 Everyone involved with EpisodeIX.org is kindly giving of their time and abilities freely.\u00a0 The Unofficial Alternate Episode IX Radio Drama will be given away for free in 2019 over the course of about a dozen 10-15 minute podcasts, and then in a final, assembled feature-length audio novel.\u00a0 More information about the releases will come as we get closer towards our first one.\u00a0 Remember, subscribers to our free e-newsletter, The Commlink<\/a>, will get the news, and the releases, first before anyone else; so be sure to subscribe today!<\/p>\n
The genesis of EpisodeIX.org all began with the story.\u00a0 The script was originally written by aspiring screenwriter Jarrett Menard out of a place of love for the franchise, it’s characters, and the mythology of George Lucas’s wondrous universe.\u00a0 It came to him shortly after watching “The Last Jedi”<\/em> on opening day, and he couldn’t get it out of his head.\u00a0 He spent nearly three weeks straight typing it down as fast as his fingers would move, like trying to capture lightning in a bottle before it was gone.\u00a0 When the smoke cleared and the paper settled down on the table, he was left with 172 pages of what he hoped was not just a great story, but a fitting ending to the Skywalker Saga.<\/p>\n
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It was kept shrouded in secrecy even though he knew that there was practically a o% chance that anyone in Hollywood would even look at an unsolicited script, (and one for Star Wars, no less).\u00a0 In the end, he ignored the odds and sent it out anyways.\u00a0 Over time, the scripts began to find their way back to him, returned due to the legal reasons surrounding unsolicited scripts.\u00a0 Disappointing, but not surprised, after much coaxing he decided to share it with three of his friends who had varying levels of knowledge and love for Star Wars to see what their reactions were.<\/p>\n
The feedback was phenomenal; two hour and forty-five minute running time be damned.\u00a0 No one wanted this script to die, and everyone couldn’t believe that it wasn’t even given a chance to live.\u00a0 One of the reviewers suggested trying to get it out to the world in some manner that people could enjoy it.\u00a0 One of Jarrett’s young sons innocently and sweetly asked why he couldn’t just make the movie himself; which leads to the next question you may have.<\/p>\n
“Wait, what?\u00a0 There’s no VIDEO?!”\u00a0 It’s true, in this day and age, ordinary people are making extraordinary fan films for just about everything, and those that really pour themselves into it can kick out some truly amazing productions.\u00a0\u00a0“Star Wars: Dark Legacy<\/a>” or\u00a0James Cawley’s “Star Trek: New Voyages<\/a>” series, to name only two, spring to mind as great examples of what talented, dedicated, everyday people can produce if they put all their efforts and time into it.<\/p>\n
We here at EpisodeIX.org definitely have the passion.\u00a0 We feel “we have the tools, we have the talent”<\/em>, to quote another franchise.\u00a0 But we also have such a clear vision of this story being performed by the talented actors and actresses that already fill these roles.\u00a0 To just make a fan film and sub in a local talent to, for example say, portray Rey instead of the talented Ms. Daisy Ridley, seems like a disservice to the story, the cast, and the fans.\u00a0 So we pondered on what we could do instead.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the very first thing an audience member sees in a Star Wars feature film, “A long time ago”, the idea of series of podcasts culminating in a final feature-length presentation, all done in the vintage style of a radio drama, came about.\u00a0 As the reviewer who suggested finding a way to bring the script to life is a musical composer who already professed he could hear the score coming together in his mind, this seemed like the perfect way to share this story with the world.<\/p>\n
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