Star Wars: The Emperor's New Clones (often abbreviated to TENCLO) is a 2006 feature-length Star Wars fan film that spoofs the story of Revenge of the Sith. It was created by Backyard Productions UK, a British amateur film production company founded by Darren Scales, Mark Scales and Edwin Hollingsbee. The film was premiered at Whittle Hall, RAF Cranwell on 9 September 2006.
Production According to BBC News, filming was carried out in a garage studio. However, Camera Diaries claimed filming took place at RAF Waddington, and only the post-production was done in the garage studio.
Availability The full film is available to download on TheForce.net. The complete DVD is available as a BitTorrent download.
Other Backyard Productions projects The group have previously released several films: Geriatric Park (a parody of Jurassic Park, completed in 1994), Batman Returns Forever (a parody of Batman Returns and Batman Forever, completed in 1995), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard (a parody alternative to Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones inspired by the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and completed in 2000), and Doom Raiders (a parody of Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider, filmed in Cyprus and completed in 2002).
Notes The name is a pun on the Hans Christian Andersen story, "The Emperor's New Clothes".
External links Backyard Productions Official Site Star Wars: The Emperor’s New Clones at TheForce.Net
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