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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62 Responses to “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard Movie (TESBY)”

  1. 113742651 on September 4th, 2010 4:55 am

    [..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.

  2. Kevin8731 on November 13th, 2010 7:28 pm

    [..YouTube..] 9:39, that shooter is really bad at aiming

  3. Kevin8731 on November 13th, 2010 7:28 pm

    [..YouTube..] 9:39, that shooter is really bad at aiming

  4. Kevin8731 on November 13th, 2010 7:29 pm

    [..YouTube..] 8:48, that shooter is really bad at aiming

  5. WafflezDay on January 10th, 2011 11:26 pm

    [..YouTube..] Stir frying 😛 lolz

  6. WafflezDay on January 10th, 2011 11:26 pm

    Stir frying 😛 lolz

  7. urcool91 on August 20th, 2011 1:15 pm

    [..YouTube..] Why do you always put big dance numbers near the ends of your things?

  8. Ken Kyllingmark on August 26th, 2011 6:10 am

    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?

  9. izlude2 on November 6th, 2011 4:07 am

    [..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

  10. izlude2 on November 6th, 2011 4:07 am

    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

  11. Imperius1772 on May 25th, 2013 7:20 pm

    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

  12. Imperius1772 on May 25th, 2013 7:21 pm

    also, jedi masters clearly don’t carry a timepiece.

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