Star Wars – The Empire Strikes Backyard (aka TESBY)
Background
Made in 1999 and released in 2000, The Empire Strikes Backyard is a spoof story based upon George Lucas’s phenomenally successful Star Wars. It is preceded by a short “mockumentary” giving a comical insight into how Episode II might have been made.
Filmed at RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, UK, BYP utilised the help of local volunteers as well as a small prosthetics company called Behind the Mask whose biggest contribution was the Darth Maul make up and horns.
The story is cliché but the special effects were impressive at the time of making – especially since the film cost less than £1000 to make.
The gags should appeal to both Star Wars fans and those who are not fortunate enough to have experienced these marvellous films.
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TESBY – Premiere
Backyard Productions’ Charity Premiere for Star Wars Episode II: The Empire Strikes Backyard. [Read more]
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard Movie (TESBY)
Obi Wan senses a disturbance in the Force and leaves, with his padawan, Anakin Skywalker, for a journey across the galaxy to find our what it is…
Made in 1999 and released in 2000, The Empire Strikes Backyard is a spoof story based upon George Lucas phenomenally successful Star Wars. It is preceded by a short mockumentary giving a comical insight into how Episode II might have been made.
Filmed at RAF Innsworth, Gloucester, UK, BYP utilised the help of local volunteers as well as a small prosthetics company called Behind the Mask whose biggest contribution was the Darth Maul make up and horns.
The story is cliche but the special effects were impressive at the time of making – especially since the film cost less than £1000 to make.
The gags should appeal to both Star Wars fans and those who are not fortunate enough to have experienced these marvellous films.
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[..YouTube..] Yes, this is rather cheesy but , Battlestar Glactica was cheesey, star trek TOS was rather cheesey, but i liked all of those. And i like this too.
[..YouTube..] 9:39, that shooter is really bad at aiming
[..YouTube..] 9:39, that shooter is really bad at aiming
[..YouTube..] 8:48, that shooter is really bad at aiming
[..YouTube..] Stir frying 😛 lolz
Stir frying 😛 lolz
[..YouTube..] Why do you always put big dance numbers near the ends of your things?
It’s great you have the DVD downloads here, but I would much rather be able to download the whole movie file in digital form, so I don’t have to burn a disk. Where can I find that?
[..YouTube..] STEAK… leads to stir fryinggggg lolololol ahh i remember this from way the hell before the tube, even channel101… i mean really this takes the cake in e-history
STEAK… leads to stir fryinggggg lolololol ahh i remember this from way the hell before the tube, even channel101… i mean really this takes the cake in e-history
this video explains why in the old republic wars, the sith empire and jedi order were evenly matched by the empire was slightly faster.
The council took days to do anything and the sith masters had amnesia. lol
also, jedi masters clearly don’t carry a timepiece.