Fan-made Star Wars trailers

Lots of good trailers from fans out there, for the films themselves and new concepts. The following one is the latter and it's a real treat!

Here's on which is good until the final shot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaxqnoPacC0

It's interesting to see how many shots universally get used in most trailers. I guess some are just tailor made for it; iconic, wow-factor, expository without being too expository. What it comes down to is how each editor uniquely uses them to convey his/her particular narrative. Which angle they want to take. Which story beats they want to highlight. And which tantalizing aspects they want to impress upon the viewer.

I mentioned in the Personal Projects thread, trailers underwent a paradigm shift around the turn of the century, with TPM taking things to a whole new level. SW seems to lend itself well to trailer making. Fan-made and otherwise.

Seems nowadays though, movies are made just to make bombastic trailers. I feel like the first thing that takes place is a team sits down and brainstorms trailer shots. Then the rest is an afterthought.


As far as AD_Edits' trailers:

I like how the Modern Trailer (2020) gets right to the heart of Anakin's fears, Palpatine's manipulation and the growling rift between Anakin and the Jedi; the three pillars of Anakin's turn. With the visuals including both exciting action and heartfelt emotions all ramping up in a steady crescendo. The audio clip from Maul is a nice touch. Not quite something I'd do, but including external sources is his m.o. - more power to him. He's also got some clever, theory-inducing, but not too theory-inducing juxtaposition of clips

His Modern Trailers from 2018 were quite good, but the one from 2020 seems to flow the smoothest. I too think the 4th one is his best from his 2018 quadrology. He seems to excel in short form. And I like the Pink Floyd usage, a band I associate with SW quite a bit.

The 3rd one for sure got too ambitious and too busy. And one thing I can't condone is using "Coming this Christmas" in a trailer for a GL film
The Dune Style trailer is similar to his 2020 trailer but a little longer, allowing him to put more emphasis on Anakin's fears and use some lesser-used shots. He seems to have succeeded in giving RotS an epic Frank Herbert-esque vibe.

Are you AD_Edits?

Somny
For the 25th Anniversary of the PT!
(1) Star Wars : the Prequels - 25th Anniversary Trailer. - YouTube