Fantastic STAR WARS TIE Fighter Anime-Style Fan Film

I'm not a huge anime guy (I leave that to our buddy Mick), but even I have to admit that this is pretty damn awesome. We've written before about animator Paul Johnson (YouTube user OtaKing77077) and his anime-style Star Wars TIE Fighter fan film, but what we covered a couple of years ago was only a short segment of the finished product. Johnson animated this on the weekends for the past four years, and he's finally completed the short now, resulting in a seven minute movie that looks at Star Wars from the perspective of Empire pilots.

What if there was an Empire-focussed short Star Wars animation, drawn with the crazy detail and shading of classic 80s anime that's all but vanished from Japan nowadays? 
Well, I tried my best. Apologies in advance for not living up to Venus Wars standards.
Drawn and animated by yours truly over 4 years' worth of weekends, with music by the living guitar solo Zak Rahman and sound design by up and coming audio technician Joseph Leyva. Fans of Lucasarts' seminal 1994 TIE Fighter game may notice a few familiar sights and sounds. That “incoming missile” noise gives me horrible flashbacks to this day...

The music is rockin' — I love that guitar — and it is a little unnerving to see those X-wings go down in flames, but this is a fan-made project that I'm guessing a lot of people will absolutely love. Let us know what you think below.

Via: ComingSoon