Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut
A while back, I came across StarWarsUncut.com, a site that divided Star Wars (A New Hope) into 15-second segments and encouraged Star Wars fans to take one of the clips, shoot it however they deemed fit, and upload the sequence back to the site. The end result includes some pretty well-crafted shots and, well, some equally… interesting ones. Ultimately, the goal was to encourage people of all ages and cinematic aptitude to exercise their creative skills, recreate their favorite scene in the Star Wars, and show it off to the world.
Now the site has released “Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut,” an assembly of the wildly varying versions of each movie segment into a two-hour-long, full-length version of the original film. While this masterpiece of crowd-sourcing isn’t exactly screen-worthy, it’s a great display of the sheer volume and variety of creativity Internet crowd-sourcing taps. From live-action tinfoil renditions of C-3PO to action figures on the beach and even simple cardboard cutouts taped to straws these clips show just how much people love Star Wars. (My favorite so far is the purring cat-Jawa, by the way.)
I think it’s clear how much fun people had creating these clips, and it just goes to show how sites that encourage user-generated content are worth protecting. And hey, if you have time check out the full-length cut above.
Galactic Watercooler 
Modern Geek 
Save Eureka 
Eff This Week 
FitSmart
When this project was first announced, I wondered how well it would ultimately fit together. A drastic change every fifteen seconds seemed like it would be too much. I was pleased to se that it works, oddly enough.
Anyone else skip ahead to see if Han shoots first or if there is a “Look a Penny!” reference?
Oddball, it took all my willpower not to.
I didn’t skip ahead, but when the scene came up, I filled in what they failed to include. 🙂