TIE Fighter (film)
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. 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.
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| Directed by | Paul Johnson |
| Produced by | Paul Johnson |
| Written by | Paul Johnson |
| Based on | Star Wars: TIE Fighter by Lucasarts |
| Music by | Zakir Rahman |
| Edited by | Paul Johnson |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Reception
Nolan Feeney of Time.com described the film as, "...incredibly detailed..."[1] 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.[2] Rich McCormick of The Verge described the film as, "...action-packed, beautifully drawn, smoothly animated, and — most importantly — impressively accurate to Star Wars' fiction."[3] Luke Plunkett of Kotaku described the film as, "...one of the most laborious letters of love to a video game I've ever seen."[4] 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."[5] Peter Sciretta of SlashFilm described the film as, "amazing," "incredible," and "beautiful."[6]
References
- Feeney, Nolan (March 25, 2015). "Someone Spent 4 Years Creating This Anime-Style Tribute to a Star Wars Video Game". Time.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Curley, Christopher (March 24, 2015). "Watch a super rad "Star Wars: TIE Fighter" short film done in '80s anime style". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- McCormick, Rich (March 25, 2015). "Watch this excellent, historically accurate Star Wars anime short". The Verge. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Plunkett, Luke (March 24, 2015). "One Man Spent Four Years Making A Homage To The Video Game Tie Fighter". Kotaku. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Lambie, Ryan (March 2, 2015). "Watch Star Wars: TIE Fighter Animated Fan Film Here". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- Sciretta, Peter (March 24, 2015). "Watch: Amazing 'Star Wars' Anime Fan Film 'TIE Fighter'". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on October 30, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.