(Teaser) Star Wars: The Wrath of Grievous

So… I’ve been gone. For a bit. A lil bit.

just a smidge-

Part 1. Where Have I Been?

As I predicted in my first post this year, I’ve been pretty busy recently. Work, college, ed a political party-the usual. I’ve not been able to make tons of progress on the film but I’ve been able to get some more stuff done on it this summer.

However, I’ve not been completely absent. Check in with the shared folder and you’ll see that I’ve been posting occasional animation updates there. Speaking of which, some updates!

Part 2. How Has the Film been Going?

So the way I’ve been working on this film is starting with standalone scenes with sets that won’t show up multiple times before moving onto bigger Venator sets and then planet-side scenes with le big fight scene. Most to all of the smaller scenes should be done now. A lot’s left to be done so things are still a long way off from being done but progress has been solid!

Part 3. Narrative Info, kinda

I wanna use this to talk about the animation a lil and my approach to the project. If you have any questions about what’s happening with the film, feel free to fire away below!

-The Tone

I’m going for a pretty similar tone to the main Star Wars films with a bit more comedy in some places. It’s not a goofy slapstick adventure and is quite serious in points, but some jokes are more my style than Star Wars style. You’ll see an example of this in the teaser.

I also wanna lean a bit towards the style of TESB with the ground fights. There’s gonna be some trench-style combat (not necessarily in trenches but behind a lot of cover) and I want bigger vehicles to have a lot of weight to them. Not necessarily more ‘grounded’ but more weight-y if that makes sense.

-Characters/Story Originality

There’s a lot of characters made up for this story and the plot isn’t based off an existing Star Wars story. I originally wanted to base it off the Battle of Hypori but I thought it better to make an original plot. The film takes place on Crait because I think it’s a pretty nice planet and it works somewhat for the plot I have in mind. It’s also a pretty plain planet so I don’t need to worry about foliage.

-Grievous

I went with a very different interpretation of Grievous than any canon or legends interpretation of him. I’m not overly satisfied with his overpowered 2002 Clone Wars appearance or his pathetic portrayal in modern Clone Wars. ROTS is closest to what I would want but it’s still imperfect. Despite him being a character I love he’s scarcely had an interpretation I fully like. So I wanted to do him justice.

I kept his old pre-Disney backstory and gave him a voice closer to that of someone like Dooku. This Grievous is more of a gentleman; a cunning strategist who’s almost amicable in his demeanour-save for his unrelenting hatred of the Jedi. It’s a bit of a diversion from his traditional appearances, but I really want him to appear more as a general with clever combat tactics in addition to being competent in a straight fight. I also gave him a wisened, world-weary edge that I really like.

Part 4. The Main Event

Of course, this is all set dressing for the main part of the -a teaser for the film. This contains some footage from past clips on the shared folder as well as unseen clips. I hope you enjoy!

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