STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Fan Film Made in 2006
Eight years before J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm made Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a Canadian named Dan Lalonde made a fan film that he called Star Wars: The Force Awakens. How freakin' crazy is that?! It's just a wild coincidence, and in an interview with Yahoo, Lalonde said,
“My movie is kind of crappy, to be honest, which makes it even more funny. It is pretty awesome, though, to have come up with the title.”
The film he made is 50-minutes long, and it follows a regular guy who obtains the powers of a Jedi. It was inspired by his love of Star Wars and the 2004 Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator. The story is set in the present day, and it follows an "emotionally troubled recluse who discovers his Skywalker-like abilities when he single-handedly stops a meteor from killing his girlfriend."
When asked why he titled the movie the way he did, Lalonde said,
“It pretty much just came to me. I thought, hey, he’s awakening the force by stopping the giant meteor coming at him.”
You can watch the trailer for his movie below, and the full film is available via torrent.