We love fan films, especially gorgeous ones like this Star Wars fan video: “When a team of Jedi Knights stumble upon Maul’s training world, he’s forced to protect his identity and the nature of his training. Fantastic lightsaber battles ensue.” Titled Darth Maul: Apprentice, it was made by German resident Shawn Bu, and it took him a total of 2 years to make. From the film biography:
“We always felt that Darth Maul should have had more screen time,” reads the YouTube video’s biography. “So we wanted to create a film just for him with the best lightsaber fights we could do!”
Darth Maul has always been a bit of a fan favourite character. He appeared in Episode 1 and has appeared in a series of other cartoons like the Clone Wars, and is probably best known for being the character that not only reveals that the Sith still exist as a force in the galaxy, but also the one who kills Qui-Gon Jinn (and gets killed in turn by Obi Wan Kenobi). In the short film, Darth Maul is discovered on a secret training planet by a group of Jedi, whom he promptly takes care of with a series of tightly choreographed lightsaber duels.
The Making of video:
The Star Wars fan film community is a massively creative fandom that even holds its own yearly awards, with industry acknowledgement and support, such as a video message from JJ Abrams. Sites like TIME magazine even list their top favourite fan films.