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Karen Miller's TCW Gambit: Stealth Update TCW: "Lair Of Greivous" Decoded Now Online TOR: The Mandalorians Return! TOR: Threat Of Peace #10 Now Online STARLOG Star Wars Toon Of The Day 7/3 Who Doesn't Hate Jar Jar anymore? Fans who grew up with the OT-Do any of you actually prefer the PT? Should darth maul have died? What plotline, character or scene in the entire Saga irritates you the most? The misconceptions you had about Star Wars, when you were a kid There are no polls currently operating in this sector. Please check back soon. View Poll Archives New Cartoon: Fan Film Or Official Series? Posted By Paul on May 28, 2007 As we reported earlier, a website called Tales of the New Republic has popped up on the internet, advertising what appears to be a CGI Star Wars cartoon. The full site is due to go live on Friday 25th May—which, as I'm sure you don't need to be told, is the thirtieth anniversary of Star Wars. The obvious question is whether this is official Star Wars stuff, or if it's simply a high-quality fan-film. Here's what we've been able to work out so far. * The style of the cartoon is the same as that of the official Gentle Giant character maquettes, which you can see here (that connection seems to have been made first on the Slashboing blog). * In addition, the "Star Wars Animated" logo that appears on the website also appears on the packaging and bases of the maquettes. * So either some film-making fans are being very cheeky and stealing the logo and visual style of the official maquettes, or else the maquettes were some very sneaky advertising for the series. * The animation uses LightWave 3D, and is headlining the news ticker on the software's official site. From a quick browse, it seems clear that much of the site's content is tied up with high-level professional use, on movies and TV series like 300 and Stargate: Atlantis, but I don't know if that would exclude a fan-film. * Attempts to track down the ownership of the URL talesofthenewrepublic.com takes you from InterNIC, via TUCOWS, both standard registration sites, to a company called Perfect Protection LLC, who seem to specifically exist to prevent people ID'ing the real owners of URLs. Again, I don't know if this would exclude the possibility that this is a fan-film. * The images in the trailer feature Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Wedge Antilles, but not Han Solo. Now, a few months back, we reported on a rumour that Harrison Ford had turned down some sort of Star Wars sequel, which would fit in with Han's apparent absence. The report was quickly dismissed, however, and this could easily be just a coincidence. So, what's the final analysis? This certainly could be a real new piece of official Star Wars storytelling—there's nothing in all this that conclusively rules it out; but as yet, it would still be pure speculation to suggest that's what it was. The alternative, of course, is that this is the work of some creative fans, perhaps trying to be deliberately mysterious in the hope of generating some hype about their new fan-film.... We'll bring you more on this story as we have it!! UPDATE: New pics over at talesofthenewrepublic.com. Click here to check them out. Thanks to John N. for keeping an eye out. Again, we will bring you more as we learn more. UPDATE #2: Tales of the New Republic site updated with new trailer. Click here to check it out. (Thanks to Nuno S., Master Ki-Aaron-Mundi, Jonathan B. and Soren for looking out) UPDATE #3: Looks to be a fan film and possilby not a film at all, but a sweet looking trailer. Here is how the teaser is described at YouTube: "A 'what if' teaser in the style of a cartoony animated Star Wars show." Click here to check out the trailer at YouTube. Thanks to reader "ObiWannaKracker" and Jason from your Weekly Force Cast for scoping this one. UPDATE #4: The Tales of the New Republic site have added the following disclaimer: "We can 100% assure you that this is NOT an official Lucasfilm production and is in no way connected to them." And there you have it. Wonder if legal action had anything to do with the new disclaimer. Check it out here. Thanks to "m1n1s1n" for catching the disclaimer. email this story discuss in forums Select Date 2009, July 2009, June 2009, May 2009, April 2009, March 2009, February 2009, January 2008, December 2008, November 2008, October 2008, September 2008, August 2008, July 2008, June 2008, May 2008, April 2008, March 2008, February 2008, January 2007, December 2007, November 2007, October 2007, September 2007, August 2007, July 2007, June 2007, May 2007, April 2007, March 2007, February 2006, December 2006, November 2006, October 2006, September 2006, August 2006, June 2006, May 2006, April 2006, March 2006, February 2006, January 2005, December 2005, November 2005, October 2005, September 2005, August 2005, July 2005, June 2005, May 2005, April 2005, February 2004, December 2004, September 2004, August 2004, June 2004, May TCW: "Lair Of Greivous" Decoded Now Online Posted By Mike on July 5, 2009: Along with the original episode at SW.com Live Action Series Australian Rumors Posted By Dustin on July 3, 2009: Updated! 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