Uploaded July 2012 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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My entry for Film Riots Star Wars monday Challenge, it had to include lightsaber and force effects and be no more than 30 seconds long. I don't have motion tracking, masking software or after effects, I created the saber blades in photo editing with a black background. Then I keyed out the black and added the blades frame by frame positioning the as I went!

The episode of Film Riot that set this challenge:
youtu.be/vCV-5LypZCs

Assets

Royalt free music, Clenched Teeth by Kevin Macleod from:
incompetech.com

Royalty free sound effects from:
sweetsoundeffects.com

Lightning effect from gordonfreemaan:
youtu.be/zSTJl6b3Yp8

Flares from footageisland:
youtu.be/G2UW1dreqBE

Rubble footage from Detonation Films:
detonationfilms.com