A selection of Lucasfilm-sanctioned short Star Wars fan-films have gone to Cannes today for screening at the Cannes Film Festival.
The fan films are very short, from two to five minutes long, and range in tone from the sweet longing of Christmas Tauntauns to the satire of Pink Five. ("I'm getting the worst case of helmet hair.") The films will also appear online.
Greene said that each of the Star Wars fan films have been viewed more than 10 million times. Trey Stokes, writer/director of Pink Five, said that he won't attend the film festival because he is currently making a sequel, The Return of Pink Five. "I won the 'George Lucas Selects' award of 2003," he said. "It isn't as lucrative as a Palm D'or, but it's personally more satisfying.
