Video games:
The films have inspired countless projects consisting of representation within the virtual world, you can live out the most mesmerizing moments of star wars in Battlefront II. The games itself have accumulated its own fan base, with memes within side the game being produced, away from the movie franchise itself. We can directly link this to our topic of video games and violence, star wars is a well acclaimed franchise which is intended for children, however there are violent elements which mirror the likes of the nazi's. The empire is a dictatorship, at the mercy of the Emperor, they use their stormtroopers to force their authority. Even a game and media franchise has a dark violent past, which is intended to teach children between right and wrong.
Groups and sub reddits:
There are many groups such as Star wars Sithposting, Happy Landingcores and the official prequel memes subreddit that produce an enormous selection of great memes. These fans converse in interesting jokes and topics about the movies. There are more moderate groups such as the star wars subreddit which, converse in selected topics which surround an expanded universe from materials such as comics, books, games, movies, tv shows and everything to do with the official lore friendly media.
Tributes:
This is just one of the few tributes that have been created to provide a cinematic experience for certain characters, events and moments within the movies. The fans take it upon themselves to create a compilation of clips that bind together to create an emotional roller-coaster.
This is a magnificent edit, taking the movies core components to create an emotional vivid storybook, following the main characters through their epic journey.
Parodies:
Parodies or more explicit 'youtube poops' are a new genre of parodies that use original clips from the movies, and with the power of editing create a whole new comedic version. This is the video and it uses word play on characters words to create different funny scenarios.
Reactions:
There are many fans who show their live reactions on youtube in order to gain views and share their honest opinion on the matters at hand.
Cosplay:
Cosplay is a form from which fans dress up as their favorite characters in order to reenact their most prized scenes from the franchise. They all gather together at Comic Con, this is a central area for fans to meet and converse. Cosplay can be on a much larger scale, for example recreating the whole cast or construct a massive creation of a physical large inhuman character.
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