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Part 1 Part 1 of 4: Developing the Movie

1 Think up some characters. You can't do anything until you've got a couple of main characters. You don't have to flesh it all out now, just have enough to build a story around. A good guy and a bad guy. Just make sure you have enough to start your plot.
2 Come up with a plot. Start with the main idea—the main conflict of the movie. Next, think of some things that could happen along the way. Characters that could be introduced. New plans and schemes that people are coming up with. And remember to throw in a few battles here and there. Focus on a theme of your own. You might want to make it really original, like the Great Sith War or the New Republic. You can also visit many different places for different planets, or just make one in the setting.
- A Jedi could be walking around the neighborhood then attacked by two Sith. Or, you could make the story more complicated by putting it before or after the movies, or even in between.
3 Make it funny. Humor will improve the amateur movie, allowing for much forgiveness for the amateur setting and storyline! Add few jokes and punch lines to your movie, It wouldn't be a good one without it. Make sure that you understand people's styles, and make the humor fit each of them.
- Make your own funny scenes. For example:
  - Rebel 1 and rebel 2 are walking.
  - Rebel 1 collapses.
  - Rebel 2 calls his commanding officer.
  - Rebel 2: "Sir, my partner collapsed and is not breathing, what should I do?"
  - Commander: "Make sure he is dead, then tell me."
  - Rebel 2 shoots rebel 1.
  - Rebel 2: " Now what?".
- Make a parody of the original movies. Parody is both fun and clever. Creating a parody script will teach you a lot about analyzing and writing.
4 Produce a script. You'll need this for the actors to follow and to know that your film has a fully-fledged storyline.
5 Collect costumes. This is the tricky part. You're going to need costumes, props and sets. Be thinking about where you want to film. Sets are essential. So are costumes and props. No big deal. When your friends come ask them to bring any Star Wars costumes they might have, as well toy laser guns or plastic lightsabers. Whatever you need. And if there's costumes that nobody has, you can get used clothes really cheap at secondhand stores and make them into costumes. Improvise!
6 Extras. Remember: Star Wars is full of extras. Random people and aliens walk by behind the main action. They don't have to look anything special. Nobody pays that much attention to the extras, or what they're wearing. But they do add color and texture and interest. So if there's a friend who's not playing a big part or somebody who's not in that particular scene, throw a wig on them and have them walk around behind the main characters. Bike helmets work well for extras.

Part 2 Part 2 of 4: Creating the Backdrop and Effects

1 Make a set. You'll need at least one set to film against.
- If you live near a city or in one, you could make it in Coruscant (see episodes 1,2,3).
- If you live in the woods, it would be a good idea to make the movie in Kashyyk (see Episode 3) or Endor (see Episode 6).
- If you live in a place like Arizona (desert), you could make it on Tatooine (see Episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6).
- If in the mountains, make it on Hoth (see Episode 5). Or, if you live in the mountains with either forest or snow (never use both, unless you are creating your own planet), you can make forest moons like Endor or Yavin 4, or ice planets like Hoth.
- If you have a big field, you could make it Naboo (see Episode 1 or 2).
- If you live near a swamp, make it Dagobah (episode 5).
2 Use good effects. Do not just film the thing with toy lightsabers and guns and make swoosh sounds with your mouth. Download Lsmaker or FXhome Visionlab Studio (both have a lightsaber effects program). Add other sound effects from the internet.
3 Find suitable music. You can play it on your guitar but you can make it better by adding the real deal. You can get music from the internet as well.
4 Use a good editing program to bring everything together. This will depend on your budget and computer type; do the research to get the best for what you can afford.

Part 3 Part 3 of 4: Getting Your Crew Together

1 Get some actors. Remember how Harrison Ford (aka, Han Solo) flew the Millenium Falcon in circles just to lose the Imperials in that asteroid field in "The Empire Strikes Back?" Well, to get characters with a good personality like Solo, you need actors with equally good personalities.
- Cast your characters. Now you have to decide who's playing whom. Here's a good way to do this: Count up all the characters in your story. Say there's 15. Now choose 15 of your friend who are good actors. Then try to think of who would be best as which character. And if there are people you still want to invite that you don't have parts for, either write a new character into the plot or cast them an extra.
- Don't try to use characters from the movies too much, they won't look anything like the real thing at all (unless you have a really good makeup artist), and people will get confused. Try to make your own characters, or try to make the character you know and love from a different time (for example, you could make someone Luke Skywalker when he was growing up on Tatooine).
- Droids are recommended, but optional. If you decide to use droids, you can get some costumes, and if the color of it doesn't fit you, you can either bleach it or tie-dye it.
2 Assemble helpers for filming. Get people who are happy with the camera, directing actors, making costumes, doing makeup, writing scripts, editing on the computer, etc. Wherever you have strengths, take on the role, otherwise find others to help you.
3 Film your movie. Get everybody over at once in their costumes. Then get your camera and film away. You can film the scenes out of order, because you can always change them around when you edit.
4 Get a good editing system. If you don't already have editing software, you can download one from the Internet. Also, every Mac comes with the free editing system iMovie and a program called iDVD
5 Edit the movie. Upload it to your computer, then edit away. Chop, crop, and add titles and music. Remember to add an opening crawl to make it more like Star Wars. Also, you might want to spend a few dollars on iTunes buying the official Star Wars soundtrack.
6 Create the DVD. Once you're satisfied, send the movie to a menu-making program, like iDVD or any others that work for you. Make a cool menu design, then burn your movie to a disc. This is your prototype. If you're happy with your movie then burn some more. Sell them on the street or something. Maybe make a trailer!

Part 4 Part 4 of 4: Showing the Film

1 Gather your family and friends together for a movie night. Include a lot of popcorn. And let it roll.

How to Make a Star Wars Movie

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