Pink Five Strikes Back

Infobox_Film
name = Pink Five Strikes Back


director = Trey Stokes
writer = Trey Stokes
producer = Christopher Reed
starring = Amy Earhart
Stephen Stanton
distributor = Atomfilms
released = 2004
runtime = 9 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0419059

"Pink Five Strikes Back" is a fan film that made its debut on the internet in 2004, created by fans of the "Star Wars" franchise. The sequel to the popular "Pink Five", it is a comedy set in the "Star Wars" universe. Amy Earhart returns as Stacey (aka Pink Five), a fast-talking Valley Girl-type pilot.

In this installment, Stacey follows Luke Skywalker to Dagobah, and eventually ends up being trained by Yoda as well. As "Pink Five" did with , the film presents familiar events, story points, and now characters from from a very different point-of-view.

The film proved popular with "Star Wars" fans, winning rave reviews and the Audience Choice Award in the 2004 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, sponsored by Lucasfilm and AtomFilms.

The conclusion of the "Pink Five" saga, "Return of Pink Five" was released in April 2006. The end of "Pink Five Strikes Back" promoted the final installment of the trilogy as "The Revenge of Pink Five", though the third film was finally named "Return of Pink Five" which follows the "Star Wars" trilogy where the Episode VI's working title was "Revenge of the Jedi" but was ultimately named "Return of the Jedi".

External links

* [http://www.pinkfive.com Official Site] - News, behind-the-scenes info, and more
* [http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/pink5_strikes "Pink Five Strikes Back" at Atomfilms]
* [http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/shortfilms/pinkfive/index.asp "Pink Five Strikes Back" at TheForce.Net]
* [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=6307 "Pink Five Strikes Back" review at FilmThreat]