Return of Pink Five

Infobox_Film
name = Return of Pink Five


director = Trey Stokes
writer = Trey Stokes
Chris Hanel
starring = Amy Earhart
Stephen Stanton
Cherise Bangs
Chris Hanel
George Manley
distributor = Atomfilms
released = 2006
runtime = Vol. 1 13 min
Vol. 2 14 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0800178
budget =

A sequel to the fan films "Pink Five" and "Pink Five Strikes Back", "Return of Pink Five" continues the adventures of Stacey (Pink Five) around the edges of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. The film was directed by series creator Trey Stokes, who co-wrote the film with Chris Hanel ("The Formula"). The film has been released in multiple parts. "Volume One" debuted online at Atomfilms on April 25, 2006. "Volume Two" premiered July 20, 2006 at the Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards ceremony at the San Diego Comic-Con, and was released online on May 25, 2007, the 30th anniversary of the release of .

While "Volume One" was not eligible for the Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards due to combination of a longer running time and the use of union actors, it was presented as "out of competition feature" due to the long connection of the cast and crew with Atomfilms. Due to a loosening of rules and the change of the Atomfilms contest to a freeform "challenge", "Volume Two" was entered in the 2007 competition at the Star Wars convention Celebration 4, where it failed to win an award.

"Volume Three" screened in rough cut form at Celebration 4 to a positive response. No announcement has been made about an official release date.

Storyline

"Volume One" opens with Stacey serving in the court of Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine, where she dons the famous metal bikini to rescue Han Solo from carbonite. However, Princess Leia, Solo's new girlfriend, manages to rescue him first. Disgusted by Han's affection towards Leia, Stacey abandons the rebels and travels to the second Death Star. While waiting for the Emperor, she duels with Darth Vader before letting slip the Rebels plans to attack the station, and the fact that Leia is actually Vader's daughter. Volume One ends on a cliffhanger, with Stacey apparently signing on as the Emperor's new apprentice.

"Volume Two" opens with the arrival of the Rebel fleet at the Death Star. After a brief entreaty from the ghost of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stacey heads to the surface to "rescue" Han again. She enlists C-3PO, R2-D2 and the Ewoks as a diversion, but abandons the rescue attempt after overhearing Solo tell the princess of his love. Afterward, she learns from the spirit of Yoda that the rebels are unaware of a second shield around the Death Star reactor. The film ends on yet another cliffhanger as she is manipulated by Yoda into returning to the Death Star to deactivate the second shield.

Fan Influences

Trey Stokes, in a recent radio interview, said that the movie series has now spawned fan-art and fan-fiction, which has been posted on the Pink Five production blog.

External links

* [http://www.atomfilms.com/af/content/return_pink "Return of Pink Five - Volume 1"] at Atomfilms
* [http://www.atomfilms.com/film/return_pink_five_2.jsp"Return of Pink Five - Volume 2"] at Atomfilms
* [http://rop5.blogspot.com/ Return of Pink Five Production Blog]
* [http://www.pinkfive.com Official "Pink Five" Website]
* [http://www.theforce.net/fanfilms/comingsoon/returnofpinkfive/ "Return of Pink Five"] - "making of" and trailers at TheForce.net
* [http://www.trudang.com/pinkfive/rop5_sf.html "Pink 5 Special Features"] at www.pinkfive.com.