Star Wars Uncut is a global project to re-record the original Star Wars movie in 15-second chunks. Anybody from the internet could submit a fan-made scene and, though you've been able to view these online for a while, the entire movie hadn't been stitched together yet. That's changed now, as the curators have posted their Director's Cut — a full, feature-length, shot-for-shot retelling of Episode IV: A New Hope. It's truly a sight to behold, with amateur live-action footage rubbing up against machinima, action figures, and Microsoft Paint animations. You should probably just watch it for yourselves, but our favourite parts were the trash compactor scene shot in a bathtub with a rubber chicken, and the reinterpretation of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber battle as the chess scene from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal.
'Star Wars Uncut: Director's Cut' crowdsources Episode IV, 15 seconds at a time

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Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:11 AM EST reply Recommend (12) Flag actions
This pretty much sums up the internet.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:26 AM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
Masterpiece. Seriously, it’s awesome.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:29 AM EST reply Recommend (9) Flag actions
Yeah, I watched it out of curiosity and loved the whole thing.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 6:48 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
This is absolutely brilliant ^^
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:30 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I watched the first 10 minutes and really enjoyed this! I can’t imagine what it would be like with a bunch of pot.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:39 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
My faith in humanity has been restored :*)
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 10:48 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
This is amazing!
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 11:29 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Literally genius. Love it.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 11:34 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
PAhaHAHAaahaahaaaa Awesome
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 12:13 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
most impressive

Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 12:20 PM EST reply Recommend (10) Flag actions
lol, i wish it was all done in that tin foil / paper wrapped storm trooper style.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 12:59 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I’m already 15 min in. Shall watch all later.
Amazing find Sam Byford
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 1:26 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
… And if SOPA passed, George Lucas could probably get your site shut down. Way to go interwebs people!
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 2:15 PM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
To be fair, in the past, Lucas has always been preety cool with fan film stuff. But you are exactly right, that was the first thing I though when watching it.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 3:21 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think I read a while back that the producers of this awesome film actually had to get GL’s thumbs up to make it? Anyone know for sure?
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 5:48 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
There is no way they’d have been able to use the Star Wars title screen in the introductory text without approval from LucasFilms. It’s also won an Emmy. So I think it’s fairly to assume that this has GL’s approval.
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 8:48 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
This is brilliant
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 | 6:42 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Someone had a lot of free time… :-)
It was kinda funny. Didn’t watch whole thing… Maybe some other time while drunk or something.
Posted on Jan 22, 2012 | 12:27 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I don’t know WHY I was so intrigued by it while watching with some of my buddies last night. Maybe I thought it was going to get better within 15 seconds? Watched the whole thing though, it’s amazing what people can work together to accomplish on the internet!
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 | 10:20 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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