(Shamelessly cross-posted from The Nerduary, another joint I blog at.)

So Lucasfilm and Atomfilms launched the 2007 Star Wars fan film contest today. Ol' George himself will be judging again, which makes me fear for the quality of the winner. Not much to say on that.

But I did find something worth sharing with the wide world of Nerduary, courtesy of the Slashdot discussion on the contest.

It's Ryan vs. Dorkman 2. Click that link for the Google version, see the bottom of this post for Youtubiness. Don't let the name fool you. It's seven minutes of the frickin' best lightsaber fighting I've seen since... well, it actually beats the pants off of just about every Lucasfilm saber fight.

They did it on the cheap, but they did it right. If you like Star Wars (and who the hell don't?), check this one out.




SPECIAL BONUS SABERING!

Here's their first video. It's not quite as polished, and not quite as long, but the ending makes it all worthwhile.