STAR WARS: THE GREY - TRAILER

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'The Grey' is a cinematic concept trailer set in The Old Republic!

It was made as a tonal representation of a live action script I wrote back in 2019. When I finished the script, then brought some of the characters to life working with concept artists, I became obsessed with the idea of seeing these characters move. This is my fist time diving into Unreal Engine. Over the past two years I've taught myself enough to mostly accomplish what I was going for, and evolving along the way. What started off as an idea for a few select simple shots, turned into this behemoth. Like I mentioned, this is my first time diving into Unreal, or any kind of CGI for that matter. I'm an editor by trade, so while I'm familiar with VFX and work flows from that standpoint, I am in no way an artist. There are so many things I would love to fix here given the time, but I felt like it was the right moment to finally put my pencil down and let this thing fly.

I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did creating it. There's a bit of a story summary of the film below.

For a deeper look at 'The Grey', follow me on instagram.

"Set thousands of years before the events of Skywalker -- during the GREAT GALACTIC WAR of the OLD REPUBLIC, 'THE GREY' is a galaxy sprawling space epic that deals with the psychological ramifications of manipulation, loss, and conflict within one's mind.

Apprentice to the Sith Lord, DARTH MALGUS, MHOLLAR is a hardened Emperial General with a strong connection to The Force. Years prior, a young and eager Darth Malgus abducts the newborn Mhollar from his parents the very night he emerged into the galaxy. The blood thirsty tyrant, laying waste to Mhollar's young family.

Malgus, raising the child in his own image, imprinted his ruthlessness, tenacity and combat prowess onto the young boy. However, the task proved challenging as the boy's natural essence repeatedly rejected the Sith ways. After 30 years, Malgus succeeded in transforming Mhollar into the hardened warrior who stands by his side, head of the Sith Lord's army. However, conflict still clouds Mhollar's mind. The powerful dark side user still at odds with his true self."

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*NO GENERATIVE AI WAS USED IN THIS PRODUCTION*

Directed by: Brandon D. Porter

All animation done in @unrealengine, rendering with the path tracer.

Motion capture animation was done with the @rokoko smart suit pro. 95% of the anim was this workflow, with a few things from Actorcore and Mixamo.

Original Music by:
Jonny Mendez

Sound Mix by:
John Bolen

Color Grade by: Quin Alvarez

Concept Art by:
Dave Keenan
Riyahd Cassiem
Pat Keegan
Cam Floyd

Character Modeling by:
Christopher Wright
Rezi Qaldani
Huy Ngo
@Mandalorianbusiness

Thank you to the amazing community of Unreal Engine users out there that offer countless tutorials for free! The few I constantly went back to were @JonathanWinbush @WilliamFaucher @3djc @jobutu @solomonjagee and @jsfilmz

Special thanks to my wife, who dealt with me moonlighting with these instead of hanging with her a lot of nights! Also thanks to my friends who've heard me talk about this nonstop and continued to give constructive feedback even though I was probably annoying.

Shout out out to @topshelfnerds for my amazing new logo and the media push to get this out here. Truly a one of a kind human!

Special thanks to Amanda Gormon for her beautiful words that perfectly sums up my story. Even more so, all of Star Wars. “For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it”.

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Start a crowd fund to make this in full! Crazy how fans are just making their own material now Disney has no clue what to do with the franchise 😂

sunburstjb
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"Not affiliated with Lucasfilm/Disney." No wonder the trailer is so damn good. It definitely shows promise.

axel
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Bro the fact that most of this was made by you alone is mindblowing. This is very very close to the quality of all the official Old Repiblic cinematics. You should be extremelly proud of what you achieved here. Definitely subbing to you

coldfire
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Malgus deserves his own movie. Well done.

PFSquirrel
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Amazing. Not a single hateful comment to be found. It’s almost like Star Wars fans like good characters and good writing. Take notes, Disney.

aiautobot
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Deserves a standing ovation really. Noticed the old school sith betrayal taking place frequently in the trailer. I miss seeing the transformation process and plot twist from jedi to sith in stars wars.

thepassionate
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Looks 100 million times better than anything Disney has put out good job guys

billcunigan
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Unbelievable, you are really delivering the Star Wars feeling while watching it

FF-byrp
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My greatest fear is that Disney will try to make old republic content, because they will fuck it up and then we’ll never ever get any good old republic content again

Pickle_Panther
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Disney needs to start putting people like you in charge of their movies and shows. Fans that make stuff through the love of it, not just people doing it for money who don’t care. Good work.

gravelmonkey
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This can only be created by True Star Wars Fans. Masterpiece. Thank You.

luishuanuco
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So incredible. Makes me wish we could have a show set in the Old Republic utilizing the animation from the older trailers.

neofulcrum
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Fan films like this reminds me of the reasons why I love Star Wars and always will. The dedication to the Old Republic era and the amazing cinematography in the trailer is incredible. Well done I’ll watch your channel with great interest.

michaelgonzales
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I can't believe you started this project as an editor and not a VFX artist. This is wildly impressive and not just for a SW proof of concept but as a demonstration of how far passion can take you. Hats off, I'd LOVE to see this fully realized over anything Disney has in development.

colbydc
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I’ve said countless times…. we need this type of energy back in Star Wars. This looks amazing.

DannsProductions
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Truth be told, when I was watching it, I thought it was an actual star wars game cinematic. I was thinking, yeah, we'll see. Been here before. Then I saw that it was concept not made by a studio. Really well done. I seriously thought there was a new game coming out.

Kerrman
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This blew me away! I've been thinking of getting into Unreal from Blender, but have never seen something as convincingly done as this so well as a complete package. Well done!

lucasblaise
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While Disney keeps destroying Star Wars content creators keeping making amazing content that gives people hope.

michaelwatson
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“This is the Star Wars we deserve but sadly not the Star Wars we will receive.”

douglasmccurdy
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And this is why Im so positive about what is to come with Unreal Engine, and more and more accesable CGI animation. You have done a massive achivement here! I wouldnt belive you were a "starter" animator if I havent read the description! :D I really admire your hard work! The cinematography is beyond beautiful! Please make more :D

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