Trooper Clerks
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Trooper Clerks is an American animated parody film produced by Studio Creations that depicts Dante Hicks and Randall Graves, the titular convenience store clerks from writer/director Kevin Smith's Clerks films, as Stormtroopers in the Star Wars media franchise, in a satire of both properties.
The film was nominated for the 2003 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, and won the Animation category.{{cite thesis |last=Pérez-Gómez |first=Miguel Ángel |date= 2016-02-09 |title=El fan film: paradigma de la cultura participativa en el entorno de los new media |language=es |type=PhD |pages=541-542, 548-549 |publisher=Universidad de Sevilla |hdl=11441/39617 |url=https://idus.us.es/handle/11441/39617 |access-date=March 25, 2022}}
Plot
According to the official web site, "Trooper Clerks is a parody mixing the characters from Kevin Smith's Clerks universe with the settings and characters in George Lucas's Star Wars universe."{{cite web|url=http://www.trooperclerks.com/|title=Trooper Clerks|publisher= |website=Trooper Clerks.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}}
Cartoons
- Trooper Clerks: The Live-Action Trailer - This 1998 shot-for-shot recreation of the 1994 Clerks movie trailer was the first Trooper Clerks project produced by Studio Creations. Clerks director Kevin Smith, wrote the creators an e-mail after watching the trailer online, encouraging them to do more with the parody if they chose.
- Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot - Part I - Being told that their jobs are in peril due to cutbacks, Stormtroopers Dante and Randal embark on a quest to steal the Death Star plans by hiring the station's Sith duo in training, Darth Jay and Darth Bob.{{cite web|url=http://www.trooperclerks.com/films_cartoons.html|title=Trooper Clerks- Films and Cartoons!|publisher= |website=Trooper Clerks.com|accessdate=July 25, 2015}} Darth Jay is portrayed as Darth Maul from Episode I, with the black stripes on his face in the shape of a cannabis leaf. Darth Bob is based on Darth Sidious, and is referred to as "Silent Palpatine".
- Trooper Clerks: The Animated One-Shot - Part II - Dante and Randal continue their quest for gainful employment while Darth Jay and Darth Bob pull every trick in the book trying to snatch the plans from its ultra-secure location.
References
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External links
- [http://www.trooperclerks.com/ Official web site]
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Category:Fan films based on Star Wars
Category:2003 independent films
Category:2003 science fiction films
Category:American crossover films
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