How the Sith Stole Christmas

How the Sith Stole Christmas

Infobox_Film
name = How the Sith Stole Christmas


director = Ted Bracewell
producer = Ted Bracewell
writer = Ted Bracewell
starring = Ted Bracewell
Angela Duke
Ben Fletcher
distributor = Bracewell Films
TheForce.Net
released = 2002
runtime = 17 min.
language = English
imdb_id =
music = James Horner
John Williams
awards =
budget =

"How the Sith Stole Christmas" is an animated fan film from that made its debut on the internet in December 2002. Written and directed by Ted Bracewell, the film tells the story of the Emperor's plans to invade the North Pole and take Santa Claus prisoner. Melvin the Elf ends up in the thick of things, and must help rescue Santa. Darth Vader is sent on a separate mission to destroy Christmas for the Ewok inhabitants of Endor, but when an unexpected chain of events leaves him stranded on the planet, Vader is confronted by a vision from the past and sent on an incredible journey through time and space.

The film parodies Dr. Seuss's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" by mixing it with elements of the "Star Wars" films, as well as parodying elements of "The Hobbit", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", and "Citizen Kane". The film has a very distinct and lush look, as Bracewell animated the film himself using a combination of painted backgrounds, painted cutout characters, and 3D animation.

The released film is subtitled "Jingle Far, Far Away", and is the first part of a trilogy. A trailer has been released for Parts Two and Three ("Silent Night, Jedi Knight" and "A Very Vader Christmas"), but the finished episodes have yet to be released. Now that it has been six years since it premiered it is highly unlikely that the next two episodes will ever be released.

Part One has proven to be a popular download at TheForce.Net, and has screened at the DragonCon film festival and the 2004 Microcinema Fest. The film was highlighted as a "post-modern" fanfilm in an article on the genre in " [http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/083mvybq.asp?pg=2 The Weekly Standard] ". The film was [http://theforce.net/fanfilms/images/stuff-moviemagic2.jpgfeatured] [http://theforce.net/fanfilms/images/stuff-moviemagic3.jpgprominently] in the September 2004 issue of "Movie Magic Magazine", which called the film a "standout" in the genre.

External links

* [http://www.tedbracewell.com Filmmaker's website]
* [http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/howsithstole/index.asp "How the Sith Stole Christmas"] at TheForce.net
* [http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2458633 "How the Sith Stole Christmas"] at iFilm
* [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/howthesith.html "How the Sith Stole Christmas" review] at "The Fan Film Menace"
* [http://www.runleiarun.com/fanfilms/tedbracewell.html Ted Bracewell interview] at "The Fan Film Menace"


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