Director Darren Scales Producer Darren Scales | Screenplay Darren Scales | |
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Initial release 9 September 2006 (Cranwell) Film series Backyard Productions Star Wars Series Cast Darren Scales, Mark Scales, Phill Hambrook, Shaun Walker Similar Crazy Watto, Darth Vader's Psychic H, Trooper Clerks, Reign of the Fallen, How the Sith Stole Christmas | ||
The Emperor's New Clones (often abbreviated to TENCLO) is a full length feature film recreating the story of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. It was created by Backyard Productions, a British amateur film production company founded by Darren Scales, Mark Scales and Edwin Hollingsbee. According to the BBC report, filming was carried out in a garage studio, and the total production budget was approximately £ 3,000. In fact, filming took place at RAF Waddington - only the post-production was done in the garage studio. The film was premiered at Whittle Hall, RAF Cranwell on 9 September 2006. The complete DVD is available as a BitTorrent download. The name is a pun on "The Emperor's New Clothes".
The group have previously released several films: Geriatric Park (a parody of Jurassic Park, completed in 1994), Batman Returns Forever (a parody of Batman Returns and Batman Forever, completed in 1995), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Backyard (a parody alternative to Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones inspired by the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and completed in 2000), and Doom Raiders (a parody of Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider, filmed in Cyprus and completed in 2002).