Troops (film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Rubio |
| Written by | Kevin Rubio |
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| Based on | Star Wars by George Lucas Cops by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour |
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| Cinematography | Cricket Peters |
| Edited by | David Foster |
| Distributed by | TheForce.Net |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Language | English |
Troops is a 1997
The film jump-started the modern
Rubio finished the film while working at the
.Plot
An example of the film's comedic tone comes in the opening monologue, which spoofs the opening of COPS: "TROOPS is filmed on location with the men of the Imperial Forces. All suspects are GUILTY, period! Otherwise, they wouldn't be suspects, would they?" Adding to the comic tone are the accents from the stormtroopers which is very reminiscent to the accents heard in the movie Fargo.
A small visual gag near the beginning of the film is that the stolen Imperial droid recovered from the
In TROOPS there is a notable alternate (tongue-in-cheek) take on the deaths of
The film ends with an incoming message about a possible disturbance in Mos Eisley Cantina.
Cast
- Eric Hilleary as Captain Jyanix Bauch, Captain Reh Taeh and Boba Fett
- Cam Clarke as the voice of Captain Jyanix Bauch
- Paul Pistore as the voice of Captain Reh Taeh
- David Max as Officer Daemon Mott
- Jess Harnell as the voice of Officer Daemon Mott
- Kenar Yegyayan as Officer Ayches Ram and Trooper HK-883
- Drew Massey as the voice of Officer Ayches Ram
- Dave Fouquette as the voice of Trooper HK-883
- Caleb Skinner as Trooper HK-888
- Kevin Rubio as the voice of Trooper HK-888
- David Myers and Matthew Myers as the Jawas
- Steven Melching and Paul Pistore as the voice of the Jawas
- Neil Elliott as Owen Lars
- Susan Hindshaw as Beru Lars
- Paul Pistore and Kevin Rubio as Radio Dispatchers
- Bill Farmer as the Announcer
Reception
The film has proven popular with Star Wars fans, and was awarded the inaugural Pioneer Award in the Lucasfilm-sponsored 2002 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards.
Fan Films Quarterly listed Troops as one of the 10 most pivotal moments in fan film history in its Summer 2006 issue. In August 2010, Time magazine listed it as one of the Top 10 Star Wars fanfilms.[2][3]
In 2005, a new film called I.M.P.S. was released, made by several of the actors from TROOPS. Originally planned as a sequel, the film was first billed as TROOPS 2, but was renamed after fans learned that not only was Rubio not involved with the project, but that over the course of writing and production, the film had evolved into something entirely different (with a serious tone as opposed to the comedic one in TROOPS).
Availability
Troops was released on the free DVD given away with the inaugural edition of Total Movie magazine, complete with commentary track by Rubio. It was also included as a bonus feature on the 20th anniversary DVD of the TV series
References
- ^ I'm The Creator of Tag and Bink -- AMA About Them
- ^ The Top 10 Star Wars Fan Films, Time.com, August 24, 2010, archived from the original on August 25, 2010, retrieved September 15, 2010
- ^ Ti Alan Chase (24 August 2010). "Time Lists the Top 10 STAR WARS Fan Films". Collider.
- ^ Dustin (March 1, 2008). "TheForce.Net - Fan Films - TROOPS : Ten Years Later". TheForce.net.
External links
- TROOPS at TheForce.Net
- IMPS website
- Troops at IMDb
