There’s been a lot of exciting Star Wars news to share with you over the past several days, and I’ve got one Star Wars-related thing to share with you today that you’re not gonna want to miss! This is a fan-made animated film titled Star Wars: X-Wing, which was directed by Christopher Parks.
This is definitely one of the more impressive and awesome fan-film projects that I’ve seen! The story is set after the Empire’s defeat at Endor, and they are struggling to maintain control over a fractured galaxy. “Seizing the opportunity, the New Republic launches a desperate assault to liberate the galactic capital.”
The short puts a focus on the X-Wing pilots of Wraith Squadron as they rush into the fray to add support. What follows is an epic action-packed adventure that you’re gonna have a blast watching! Enjoy!
The director added the following note:
“This is a passion project of about 4 years in the making. I was a big fan of the X-Wing PC games as a kid and also really enjoyed Michael Stackpole’s X-Wing book series. I’ve always had an interest in those New Republic adventures which is chiefly why I decided to make this short. I hope you all like it!
“The primary software and workflow consisted of an animation pipeline in Blender that would be exported and rendered in Houdini using the GPU renderer Redshift. Final compositing was finished in After Effects.
“Apart from a few kitbash sets, all assets were modeled and textured (Substance Painter) from scratch since the making of the spaceships is part of the fun.”