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More Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

April 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Star Wars, Writing, science fiction, stop motion animation

In December, FCT covered Danny Mosier’s extensive fan film, Star Wars Tales, a stop-motion animated action figure flick that spins a slew of new short stories that take place in the Star Wars Universe. Mosier spent three years animating the flick, which makes him either extremely dedicated or utterly insane (or both). Speaking with FCT, [...]

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Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

April 21st, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Writing, stop motion animation

In December, FCT covered Danny Moiser’s extensive fan film, Star Wars Tales, a stop-motion animated action figure flick that spins a slew of new short stories that take place in the Star Wars Universe. Mosier spent three years animating the flick, which makes him either extremely dedicated or utterly insane (or both). Speaking with FCT, [...]

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Happy New Year from FanCinemaToday.com!

January 1st, 2009 | Posted in Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, History, Mainstream Media, News, Star Wars,

Have a happy, healthy, safe and prosperous 2009! See you on Monday, January 5, with all the latest fan film news of the new year. function change_color(input, id) { var obj = document.getElementById(id); if (obj) { obj.style.backgroundColor = “#” + input.value; //alert (obj.style.backgroundColor + ” for ” + obj.id); }} .color_viewer { border:1px solid; width:70px; [...]

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2008: The Year In Star Wars Fan Films

December 29th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Contest, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Hardware Wars, History, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Star Wars, TV, Writing,

Boy, the year just flew by, didn’t it? In April, Fan Cinema Today came back to life after a year in slumber, and it’s been a 5-days-a-week postathon every since. This week, FCT is taking a look at some of the bigger stories it covered throughout the year, and since people make fan films about [...]

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Troops Fan Film Action Figures at Toys-R-Us?

August 28th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Star Wars

Wow, lots of Star Wars-related fan film stories this week. Curto over at the collecting site Rebelscum.com posted a picture of a new action figure set, Disturbance at the Lars Homestead, and by his way of thinking, it bears a striking resemblance to a certain fan film by Kevin Rubio that single-handedly kicked off the [...]

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More Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

Stop-Motion Animation Secrets of Star Wars Tales

Happy New Year from FanCinemaToday.com!

2008: The Year In Star Wars Fan Films

Troops Fan Film Action Figures at Toys-R-Us?

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