TIE Fighter (film) explained

TIE Fighter
Director:Paul Johnson
Producer:Paul Johnson
Music:Zakir Rahman
Editing:Paul Johnson
Runtime:7 minutes

TIE Fighter is a 2015 short Star Wars animated fan film, depicting a space battle between the Empire and the Rebel Alliance from the Imperial TIE pilots' point of view. It was created by Paul Johnson (known as "OtaKing77077" on YouTube) over four years worth of weekends.[1] Johnson stated that the film is an homage to not only the anime style of the 1980s, but also the 1994 Star Wars: TIE Fighter video game, which the film uses sound effects from and borrows the logo design of. A remastered version, using sound effects and theme music from Star Wars Battlefront and Rogue One, was released in 2017 from "J Ramseier", with Johnson's approval.[2]

Reception

Nolan Feeney of Time.com described the film as, "...incredibly detailed..."[3] Christopher Curley of The A.V. Club praised the detail of and animation itself and the soundtrack, and called it "a great could've been" for adult-oriented Star Wars cartoons.[4] Rich McCormick of The Verge described the film as, "...action-packed, beautifully drawn, smoothly animated, and — most importantly — impressively accurate to Star Wars fiction."[5] Luke Plunkett of Kotaku described the film as, "...one of the most laborious letters of love to a video game I've ever seen."[6] Ryan Lambie of Den of Geek praised Johnson's "hard work", and said, "...if a full series of this suddenly appeared somewhere, we'd happily watch it."[7] Peter Sciretta of SlashFilm described the film as, "amazing," "incredible," and "beautiful."[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TIE Fighter – short film. Johnson. Paul. March 24, 2015. YouTube. March 24, 2015.
  2. Web site: TIE Fighter Remastered – Star Wars Anime Short Film. Ramseier. J. March 11, 2017. YouTube. March 11, 2017.
  3. Someone Spent 4 Years Creating This Anime-Style Tribute to a Star Wars Video Game. Feeney. Nolan. March 25, 2015. Time.com. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160515223550/http://time.com/3757840/star-wars-tie-fighter-anime-video/. May 15, 2016. live.
  4. Web site: Watch a super rad "Star Wars: TIE Fighter" short film done in '80s anime style. Curley. Christopher. March 24, 2015. The A.V. Club. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030191843/https://news.avclub.com/watch-a-super-rad-star-wars-tie-fighter-short-film-d-1798278126. October 30, 2019. live.
  5. Web site: Watch this excellent, historically accurate Star Wars anime short. McCormick. Rich. March 25, 2015. The Verge. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030191840/https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/25/8287017/tie-fighter-anime-star-wars-movie-accurate. October 30, 2019. live.
  6. Web site: One Man Spent Four Years Making A Homage To The Video Game Tie Fighter. Plunkett. Luke. March 24, 2015. Kotaku. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030191843/https://kotaku.com/one-man-spent-four-years-making-a-homage-to-the-video-g-1693469097. October 30, 2019. live.
  7. Web site: Watch Star Wars: TIE Fighter Animated Fan Film Here. Lambie. Ryan. March 2, 2015. Den of Geek. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030191842/https://www.denofgeek.com/us/culture/star-wars/244901/watch-star-wars-tie-fighter-animated-fan-film-here. October 30, 2019. live.
  8. Web site: Watch: Amazing 'Star Wars' Anime Fan Film 'TIE Fighter'. Sciretta. Peter. March 24, 2015. SlashFilm. October 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191030191841/https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-anime-fan-film-tie-fighter/. October 30, 2019. live.

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