Monday, September 20, 2010 at 11:09PM DAVE Students Give Star Wars the Ol' College Try
The five-minute film, entitled The Solo Adventures, uses a computer animation style similar to The Clone Wars TV show. The story focuses on Han Solo and Chewbacca as they attempt to deliver cargo for Jabba the Hutt. You'll remember that in Mos Eisley spaceport in A New Hope, Han is confronted by Greedo, who mentions that Jabba is upset because Han dumped his cargo on a mission. (As any purist will tell you, this is moments before Han shoots first.) This film centers around that failed mission.
The DAVE students did a really good job with this. The animation is slick and impressive - reminiscent of the Clone Wars style, but with a bit more detail. I do think that Han's face looks a little like the puppets in Genesis' "Land of Confusion" video from the 80s, but other than that, it's beautiful visually. Also, the voice actor doing Han's lines does a pretty good Harrison Ford impression, which helps.
I really hope this becomes an annual thing for these DAVE students. Personally, my vote for next year's student film would be to show Han and Chewy making the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.
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