From working calculators made from scratch to full-scale USS Enterprise replicas, if you can think of it, it has probably been done in Minecraft. With that in mind it's a little surprising we haven't seen something this awesome already -- a shot-for-shot remake of "Star Wars IV: A New Hope."
Filmed entirely in Minecraft, each scene of an upcoming fan-film will be an exact recreation of the "Star Wars" film that started it all, only blockier. It's all the work of Minecraft master builder and "Star Wars" fan Grahame Skeavington. Be sure to check out the trailer for the film below.
Skeavington says on his website the project has been nearly three years in the making, with some of the individual sets taking close to six months to build in the game. Roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes of the film are completed, with around another 40 minutes left to go. Thankfully for Skeavington once he films those remaining 40 minutes the film will be nearly done, as the finished movie won't have any audio. Instead viewers will just pop in their "Star Wars" Blu-ray or DVD and sync up the two videos to play together.
The film currently has an estimated 2015 release date, and Skeavington has high ambitions for the project. He is creating the film as a tribute to his daughters, specifically his daughter Sarah, a Minecraft player who has a rare brain tumor.
"My ultimate dream for this project would be a 'One Off' special showing of the film for seriously ill children, in a cinema with special guests like Mr George Lucas, Lucasfilm, The Yogcast, Mojang and other celebrities amongst the audiences," he says on his website.
That dream may be closer to reality than he initially realized. Skeavington says he received an email from the incredibly popular 'Yogscast' Youtube channel, who say they would be honored to be among the first to view the finished film. As for attracting the attention of Minecraft developer Mojang and Lucasfilm, there too Skeavington has had some success. He says he received an email from Lucasfilm about possibly showing the finished film at next year's "Star Wars Celebration" convention, and a Mojang developer commented on his work saying, "This is a cool project, looks quite incredible!"
Skeavington is quick to point out that the film is a labor of love and doesn't intend any copyright infringement of any kind. He won't be making any money off the film when it premieres (hopefully) next year on his website, and just hopes that he can inspire his daughters with the project. And maybe meet George Lucas. That would be cool too.
