Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Part One
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Star Wars: Heir to the Empire The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic.... Animated fanfilm based on the novel by Timothy Zahn. -- Credits Directed and Animated by Damien Valentine Based on Star Wars Heir to the Empire By Timothy Zahn Adapted by Damien Valentine Cast Han Solo MATT FINISH Leia Organa Solo ERIN B. LILLIS Luke Skywalker MATT FINISH Mara Jade INGRID MOON Talon Karrde DAMIEN VALENTINE Lando Calrissian MATT FINISH Grand Admiral Thrawn ROBERT S. BENJAMIN Captain Pellaeon DAMIEN VALENTINE Joruus C'baoth RICHARD GROVE C-3PO MATT FINISH Rukh DAMIEN VALENTINE Winter FREYA CLAIRE ROBERTS Wedge Antilles MATT FINISH Aves SEB DAVIES Borsk Fey'lya DAMIEN VALENTINE Mon Mothma MARILYN VALENTINE Obi-Wan Kenobi MATT FINISH Corran Horn DAMIEN VALENTINE Noghri Assassins BREVIN LEIS B-Wing Pilot JENNIE LUMSDEN Shieldship Captain MATT FINISH Dravis DAMIEN VALENTINE Bimms BREVIN LEIS Cris Pieterson DAMIEN VALENTINE Ensign ANDREW BUGENIS -- MUSIC John Williams Kevin Kiner Mark Griskey John Powell Star Wars Solutions -- Star Wars: Heir to the Empire Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Star-Wars-... Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (US) https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-St... (UK) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heir-Empire-... -- 3D Models Assault Frigate ELRATIE and EVILLE JEDI Assault Gunboat BFF-1 Freighter Bryar Pistol AL Carrack Cruiser Corellian Corvette ELRATIE Darth Revan ROMAN R. MELKUMOV Darth Revan Mask ANTHONY YANEZ Darth Revan Statue ANTHONY YANEZ DL-18 DANIEL CARDONA Dreadnaught Imperial Star Destroyer ELRATIE Mon Calamari Cruisers EVILLE JEDI Millennium Falcon STYM Nebulon-B Frigate EVILLE JEDI New Moon Shipyards PARADOX R2D2 STARPACK Shieldship DAMIEN VALENTINE TIE Bomber ANTONIO SCHIAVELLI TIE Fighter STARPACK TIE Fighter (low poly) METALMORAG X-Wing STARPACK -- PLANETS Grand Designer MUSEUM CONSULTANT Freya Claire Roberts PREGNANCY CONSULTANT Non Humphries ANIMATED AND RENDERED WITH iClone 7.9 and NVidia Omniverse ADDITIONAL EFFECTS HitFilm Pro 2017 CHARACTER MODELS Character Creator 3 Motion Capture Perception Neuron V1 MOTION CAPTURE PERFORMER Damien Valentine -- Erin Lillis' YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKlT... Matt Finish's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Rb... Star Wars Solution's YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDzp... -- Support my work: https://www.ko-fi.com/darthangelus https://www.amazon.com/v/codedtransmi... https://www.amazon.co.uk/v/codedtrans...
An unofficial animated adaptation of Star Wars: Heir to the Empire, the novel written by Timothy Zahn. The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights. But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor's warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic.... Credits Directed and Animated by Damien Valentine Based on Star Wars Heir to the Empire By Timothy Zahn Adapted by Damien Valentine CAST Luke Skywalker Matt Finish Leia Organa Solo Madison Brunoehler Han Solo Matt Finish Grand Admiral Thrawn Robert S Benjamin Captain Pellaeon Damien Valentine Ruhk Damien Valentine C3P0 Matt Finish Winter Freya Claire Roberts Obi-Wan Kenobi Matt Finish Lt Tschel Damien Valentine Dravis Damien Valentine
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DarthAngelus
• 13 days ago
Wow. This morning I woke up to find the funding campaign for a new motion capture suit is now complete! It's hard to find the right words to describe how grateful I am to everyone who has supported the campaign and made it possible. I've already contacted the retailer to place the order and I can't wait to give it a try and get to work on Dark Force Rising. I've also ordered the graphics card that the community generously supported in the previous campaign as well. It might be a little while before I can install the thing (as part of my surgery recovery, I'm not supposed to bend over or do any heavy lifting) but at least I'll have to ready to go once I'm able to. I don't know what the next funding goal should be yet, so I'm just going to leave it as it is on the Ko-fi page until I've had some time to give it some thought. I've attached a picture from their website so you can see what it'll look like. They call it a suit but it's really just the sensors you see strapped to her arms, legs and head, plus that harness thing on her torso. Makes it easy to put on over the top of regular clothes. Thankyou so much to everyone who supported my work and my future work. I'm excited to make use of both new pieces of hardware!
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DarthAngelus
• 4 weeks ago
To give a quick update from my last post. I got home last night from my week in hospital. They said I am recovering well so I just need to rest and get back to eating normally. Thankyou to everyone who left me well wishes. Reading those helped so much.
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DarthAngelus
• 1 month ago
As those of you following this page or my Monday night streams for awhile will know, I've been running into a lot of health problems over the last few months. Tomorrow I'll be having surgery that should hopefully deal with the problem. But it does mean I won't be streaming, updating here or working on Heir to the Empire or Dark Force Rising for a few weeks at least. So I thought I'd give an update on where things are with the Thrawn Trilogy adaptation. 17 of 32 Chapters have been rerendered (this is just the footage). 9 of those have been edited into complete chapters (these are not in order so I can't release them yet). 2 Chapters worth of footage has been queued up to render whilst I'm in hospital, plus a few other long scenes. 6 Chapters of Dark Force Rising have been written and I can't wait to animate these. The funding campaign for the new mocap suit is currently at 72% (woah!). And the RTX 5070 graphics card you helped fund is now available but I don't want to order anything until I get back from my hospital stay, otherwise it would just be left on my doorstep. Something to look forward to when I get home. Medical stuff is never the most pleasant subject, but I thought I should share why I'm going to be quiet for a little while. But I look forward to getting back to work on this because so much is done and I can't wait to share it with all of you. The good thing about this remaster project is the hard work was actually done when I first animated the scenes. I just have to do a few tweaks here and there, then render it again. So when I'm back home and have recovered enough to sit at my desk, I can do those things and feel productive without it being too much of a strain. May the Thrawn be with you all!
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DarthAngelus
• 2 months ago
Woah! I've been watching the subscriber count all day and we finally reached 50,000! A huge thankyou to each and every one of you. It really means so much to me that so many of you enjoy my work!
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DarthAngelus
• 2 months ago
Sadly, no stream tonight but we continue to close in on the half way point of the remaster. There is currently a 36 hour render underway of one of the longest scenes in the series. Getting that done will be a big step forward.
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DarthAngelus
• 2 months ago
May the Fourth be with you! By now, the teaser trailer for the Special Edition has been released, this is your first look at the way these newly rerendered episodes are coming along. But attached to this post are a few before and after images so you can see the difference side by side. I'm happy to report that as of today: - 14 chapters are fully rendered (almost half way!) - 7 chapters have had the new footage edited in and are complete - the motion capture crowdfunding campaign is now 58% funded - The Dark Force Rising script has the first four chapters complete The completed episodes are not necessarily in series order and I'd like to get more done before I start releasing them (the idea is to put them out weekly) but I am so excited to share this update with all of you. May the Thrawn be with you all and thank you so much for the support you all show.
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