June 23, 2010
Palpatine’s heart is palpitating with the prospect of fame and fortune after being asked for his autograph by an online fan. It has been a number of years since the second Star Wars spoof was completed but many people are still watching it online. They have been leaving comments as they do. One of them [...] [Read more]
November 15, 2009
This weekend, some of the TENCLO cast travelled to Cardiff to see it screened at the Chapter Arts Centre, where it was given a rapturous welcome by staff and audience alike. Being the home of Dr Who and Torchwood, Cardiff is no stranger to science fiction. But this weekend, it saw Backyard Productions’ own spin [...] [Read more]
October 29, 2009
Get your popcorn ready… Backyard Productions’ biggest Star Wars film is showing on the big screen again, at the Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff on 14 November 2009. CLONYY yng Nghymru The Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, one of the largest and most innovative arts centres in Europe, will be showing our Star Wars-spoof, The Emperor’s [...] [Read more]
February 22, 2009
Firstly, please excuse the technical nature of this post. If you are familiar with bittorrent, DVD images and DVD burning, read on…. if not – no worries!! I’ve been aware for a while now that although we’ve offered TENCLO as a DVD image download through bittorrent, this has been an .NRG file, which not everyone [...] [Read more]
October 31, 2008
60 minute fly-on-the-wall documentary, covering the ENTIRE 18-month production of the fanfilm parody Star Wars The Emperor’s New Clones filmed in 2005. A great feature for any fanfilm maker to watch! www.backyardproductions.co.uk [Read more]
October 26, 2008
The full TENCLO movie, in all its glorious completeness. Enjoy! [Read more]
October 26, 2008
In the great tradition of the Star Wars prequels, Backyard Productions has produced its own ‘Battle of the Heroes’ music video, showing making of documentary clips, as well as previously unreleased footage from the film itself. The video can be seen on YouTube here. [Read more]
October 7, 2008
A 60 minute, real documentary of the making of TENCLO has been completed and uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure! Please take a few (well, 60) moments to check it out! It follows the entire ordeal, from building sets, filming, drawing lightsabres and finally the night of the premiere… [Read more]
September 29, 2008
As with all big movies, it is normal practice to bring the cast and crew together again to shoot extra scenes or re-shoot things that did not come out as planned during principal photography. Well TENCLO is no different and in November 2005, the team returned to Lincoln for a weekend of filming and sound... [Read more]
September 28, 2008
The main filming, or ‘principal photography’ for The Emperor’s New Clones took place over a gruelling 16 day period, with activity on set from 7am until midnight every day. [Read more]