Words from the
Director
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Some
inhabitants of the greater STAR WARS galaxy seem to be quite displeased with
the look of our Bane character. There has been a wide array of flack thrown at
the matter proven by the vast amounts of comments we receive on our production videos
on our YOUTUBE channel. Most folks just can not get
over the fact that our Bane is not bald, does not nearly reach the 2 meter
mammoth mark of the comic and/or book portrayal and his apprentice is not who
they think she is. And to top it off our Bane has a nice
With that
said lets get down to the way it is and why it is this way and not another.
Some folks have the naive audacity and continue tell us to do research about
the way Bane looks and have even gone as far as asking us to make a different
film or to at least shave our actor’s head. Believers of this narrow train of
thought will forever be destined to view the cup as half empty and will truly
never recognize the liberties story and film makers possess. Most of these greenies
probably do not realize one of their favorite SW characters was originally
conceived as an alien of the Greedo persuasion, and that character just
happened to be Han Solo. Where was I ?
Oh, that’s right the research thing….
The makers of
Resurrection performed exhaustive and extensive research into every facet of
the SW galaxy before embarking on what has become an arduous journey. Once
again these so called inexpert commenters still have not recognized that
Resurrection is not a comic book portrayal nor is it about the happenings in
the two books that are now out on the market about Darth Bane. In fact
Resurrection is an original work of art written well before the first Bane book
‘Path of Destruction’ even hit the book shelves. In all accounts preproduction
of Resurrection commenced in 2005, more than a full year before the feeble book
became reality.
I sense great
rage from some of you, and it feels pleasurable;-)
This is what
people need to realize and understand- There were no books out at the time Resurrection
was conceived or written. Information at that time was very minimal. The only
information there was to go on was of course a few comics and just a few lines
of a person named Darth Bane in the book Phantom Menace which came out shortly
before the films release in 1999. Bane’s apparent baldness in the comic version
was given to him by its creator and as rumor has it he got the idea from
skinheads. When it came time to turn it into a book the writer choose to make
up a reason for Bane’s lack of body hair, so he stuck him in a mine, and
eventually he lost all of his hair. Our Bane is not bald because in our story
he was never, and I mean never a mine worker. Enough said on that piece of
work. It just goes to show it was a lack of imagination.
For those who
seek the truth, most of our information came from primarily one major source
and a bit of help came from Wookieepedia. I did not
use the comic books as source material and simply ignored them all together. My
main source material was The Essential Chronology written by Kevin J. Anderson and
Daniel Wallace, and illustrated by Bill Hughes. It was first published April 4,
2000. With the little information contain within that source the story of
Resurrection was crafted. Since then another chronology was published in 2005
with a few added updates, but by then Resurrection had already been written.
Although
Resurrection will never be considered as ‘canon’ we feel very strongly that once fans
of Star Wars and Bane see the film they will be in awe of the story and will
consider all other Bane material to be inept.
Yes, indeed
that is a very bold statement, but what can I say I am bald, oh ya I meant
Bold;-)
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People have
been asking for a while now, “When is this thing going to be done?”, and all we
can say is- patience my friends, we are getting closer. It’s not what they want
to hear, but they deal with it. It takes more time to edit than to shoot when
you consider all factors that go into to making it look presentable to an
audience and still hold true to the galaxy we are taking part in. Besides the
fact that there is only one person doing all of the editing, sound, and effects
work. That, in itself is a daunting task for a singular individual to carry
out.
Currently the
craftsman of the project is adding an addition to his home including an editing
room dedicated to the film. Once that is completed we will be on track once
again and the final push to finish the project will be at hand. Cast and crew
alike are hoping for a 2009 release in time for Comic Con in