"Always two, there are. No more. No less. A Master and an apprentice."
"Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it."
I you're a Star Wars fan, you probably know this quote from Master Yoda and Darth Bane about the Sith Rule of Two. You also know that when a Sith apprentice becomes strong enough to claim the title of Dark Lord, he has to defy his master and kill him to prove he is worthy to become the new Sith master.
A fan film faithful to the Sith principles
Written and directed by Anthony Pietromonaco, Dark Legacy is a 12-minute long fan film about the last step of a young female Sith apprentice: the deathmatch against her master. If she is to survive, she has to use the Force, all to power of the Dark Side and all her hatred against him. She has good reasons to hate her master: his former apprentice was her brother.
At the beginning of the duel, the apprentice is chained. She uses her hatred against her master. Her hatred give her strength to use the power of the Dark Side. Using the power of the Dark Side, she defeats her master. By defeating her master, she becomes free. Does it sound quite familiar to you? Yes, it should remember you the Sith Code!
"Peace is a lie. There is only Passion.
Through Passion I gain Strength.
Through Strength I gain Power.
Through Power I gain Victory.
Through Victory my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me."
A fan film with a team of professionals
Unlike the vast majority of fan films, Dark Legacy has been made by a professional team. All the members of the crew work in the film industry or the TV industry. Behind this project, you have a professional director, professional producers, and professional cinematographers.
For the visual effects too, you have a team of professionals. The interesting thing is that Dark Legacy is a fan film that uses as well visual and practical effects. Behind the special effects, you have CGI artists for the visual effects, a make-up artist for the masks and prosthetics, and a sculpter for some set elements. Some of them worked on projects such as The Walking Dead, Star Trek, Terminator Salvation, Oz: The Great and Powerful or TV commercials. The lightsaber fight was choreographed by martial arts and stunt specialists.
Dark Legacy is a fan film made by professionals who wanted to make a story based on the Sith and their principles. It has the tint of some aspects of the former Expanded Universe, and that's not a bad thing for fans!
You can watch this short fan movie on YouTube.
For sure, Dark Legacy is already one of the top 5 fan films of 2017!