What do you get when you put a line with no fewer than four Jedi, two Boba Fetts, and more guys in Imperial outfits than you can shake a stick at in front of roughly 700 seated Star Wars fans? The answer, of course, is the beginning of a wonderful evening of living Star Wars.

Hosted by fan favorite (and team Rebelscum's favorite as well) Jeremy Bulloch, and featuring quite a few of the more recognizable faces in the Star Wars community including Daniel Logan, Kenny Baker, Steve Sansweet, and the maker of the brilliant short film Troops (not to mention some of the best Star Wars comics ever published) Kevin Rubio; the 2003 Fan Film Awards was a raging success.

Out of the 70 films submitted to this year's competition, judges arduously viewed over a thousand minutes of finely filmed and edited motion pictures before being able to break it down to nineteen finalists. Of course, only seven filmmakers could go home with a Golden Droids statue, and we are delighted that two of the films, The Jedi Hunter and Pink Five, were TFN Fanfilms. Even though we were told all 70 shorts were quite good, it is nearly impossible to disagree that the winners were the best of the bunch:

• Spirit Award: Silent But Deadly 2
• Best Commercial Parody Award: Darkside.com/switch
• Best Animation Award: Trooper Clerks
• Pioneer Film Award: Hardware Wars
• Audience Choice Award: The Jedi Hunter
• Skywalker sound Award: Carbonite
• George Lucas Selects Award: Pink Five