Stuck the A.A.F.A.D. Vid up on the ‘Tube. The quality is better if you watch it on the SK Site but if you’re in the mood then head over to YouTube and rate that shit! And then post it to all your friends! Link here:

Wow. Thanks for all the amazing feedback. The event at ACMI was a great success and thanks to all those who attended and stuck around for a great drinks session afterwards. For those who couldn’t make it, you missed out! But no fear, The Knights are here for you, on the web, now.

The support for SUBURBAN KNIGHTS has been overwhelming and it’s been great fun bringing you the latest installment. Where to now for the Knights? Well who knows. But while we’re busy figuring out what to do next, you can do us a massive favour by telling all your friends about the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS WEBSITE and getting them involved in the SK Community.

We conducted a small exit-poll after the screening. Here’s what some fans had to say:

And so on and so forth. As you can tell, the audience was blown away.

Several people felt a bit sick during the course of the event. Best wishes to those guys and we hope you get well soon.

In the meantime, keep watching your KNIGHT MOVES BLOG. And remember: The Knights will be with you…always!

Indulge me a little while I delve into the deepest depths of my knowledge of Star Wars history…

There’s been a rumour floating around Cyberspace for the last week or so regarding a new trilogy of Star Wars films allegedly being planned by King George. What’s more, these new films are supposedly going to be filmed in 3D! Holy shit!

Now I’m no spokesman for Lucasfilm, but I can tell you right now that these rumours are nothing more than pure horse-shit. And I’m going to try to explain why.

Firstly, it’s worth noting that ever since the release of the first Star Wars in 1977, rumours have been floating around of a mythical 9 film Saga. These rumours were based on loose comments George made back in the late 70s when asked about more Star Wars movies and where he may like to take the Saga in the future. Nothing and I mean NOTHING was ever set in stone. These were vague ideas that George had. The key cast of the original Star Wars signed a 3 picture deal in the hope that ‘A New Hope’ would be successful enough to spawn a sequel or two. But beyond those plans, anything else was just fantasy.

In the early 70s when George was putting down ideas for ‘The Star Wars’ he compiled several treatments on what would happen in the story. Those key plot points eventually went on to form the basis of the Original Trilogy. George knew at this early stage that his ideas for the first film were too ambitious, too massive and too expensive to be viable. So he essentially took the first act and developed it into the screenplay that became ‘Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope’. If the film proved successful then maybe he could strike a deal to make a sequel and expand on the ideas that would become Acts 2 and 3, or as we know them now, ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi’.

It’s interesting to note that when George wrote the final draft of the first Star Wars film, in his mind Luke and Vader were NOT related. As fas as George was concerned, Vader and Luke’s dad were two separate people. It was only when George started fleshing out ideas for ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ did he hit upon the notion of making Luke’s father and Vader one in the same person.

Cynics often note the scene in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in which Leia kisses Luke as gross and incestuous. But when the film was being made, according to George, Luke and Leia were NOT related. And this is where things start to get really interesting and why talk of a new Trilogy just don’t make sense. At this point George still had vague ideas about a trilogy set after ‘Return of the Jedi’. Remember the scene in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ in which Yoda says: “No, there is another” when alluding to someone else who could destroy Vader? Well that ’someone else’ was, at the time of writing the script, Luke’s sister. BUT his sister was not Leia.

Here’s how it was going play out: ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ was to establish that Vader was Luke’s father. In Episode 6, Luke was to confront Vader and defeat him. This all happened. BUT, that was not the end of the story. In the proposed Episodes 7-9 Luke was to then set about searching for his long lost sister. The ’someone else’ that Yoda referred to in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. This sister was clearly not Leia, making her kissing him, nothing more than an act of emotional manipulation on her behalf.

The early 80s was a busy time for George. Not only was he making the Star Wars Trilogy, he was also writing and producing the first 2 Indiana Jones films. By 1981 was has buggered and he decided to re-think the direction of the Star Wars Saga. This is when he decided to consolidate his ideas and make Leia Luke’s sister. By doing this, he could essentially wrap up Luke’s story with the conclusion of ‘Return of the Jedi’, thereby eliminating the need to continue the story any further. The idea of Luke having a mysterious, previously unseen sibling was scrapped.

Of course this still left the door open for a Prequel Trilogy, which George only decided to make after leaving Star Wars alone for a decade.

Since 2005, George has gone on record on numerous occasions stating that Episode 3: ‘Revenge of the Sith’ is the FINAL Star Wars film. Ever. And that the entire Saga is Darth Vader’s story. With his death in ‘Return of the Jedi’, the story concludes. That’s it. Sure the Expanded Universe stuff has continued the story, but as far as George is concerned, his input into the story finished with the completion of Episode 3.

Lucasfilm are fully focussed on the Star Wars live action TV series now. This is the medium into which George now wants to take Star Wars. He knows TV is the future. The TV series will be set between Episodes 3 and 4 and will not focus on the Skywalker family. It is not a continuation of the story as seen in the movies, more an expansion of ideas alluded to in the 6 films.

I would love to see more Star Wars films. I really would. But i just can’t see it happening. I’d love to see Mark Hamill return to the role of Luke and assume an Obi Wan-type position in a new trilogy. But I’m afraid that that idea, like any idea of Episodes 7-9 ever happening, is nothing more than a fan-boy fantasy.

Just found this tid-bit on the AintItCool website:

And ‘insider’ is reporting that WATCHMEN revelation Jackie Earle Haley maybe up for the role of arch villain SINESTRO in 2011’s GREEN LANTERN.

I’ve made it pretty well known to anyone who will listen that I consider WATCHMEN to be the the best film of 2009 and easily one of the best comic to film adaptations ever done. Haley’s portrayal of psycho-superhero Rorscharch was absolutely spot on and still gives me goosebumps whenever I watch it.

But is he right for Sinestro? Well I dunno. But I’m certainly open to the idea. Martin Campbell (director) has pulled off some pretty canny casting moves in the past. Maybe Haley as Sinestro could be his latest coup.

Personally, I would be looking for someone physically taller, broader and a little more menacing. But if this rumour proves true, then I’m happy to be proven wrong.

Just a quick reminder that the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS: The Almost Complete Saga screening is a mere 3 days away!

It’s all kicking off at The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) Federation Square, Melbourne on Wednesday October 21 at 7:30pm.

Seating is very limited so if you wanna come along then just post your name in the comments section of this post. Hope to see you there. We can guarantee a few surprises!

For those who can’t attend, EPISODE 2 can be viewed at the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS WEBSITE from October 22nd.

Peace, bitches!

As predicted, production of the GREEN LANTERN movie has left Australian shores. Well, to be honest, it never actually got here in the first place.

Seems the descent of the US dollar is no longer making off-shore production viable so it looks like the production will shift to Mexico or Canada.

As a massive fan of Green Lantern, I’m not too phased by this. As a movie goer it makes little difference to me where this film is shot but I am disappointed that our local film industry won’t get the boost that a production of this size would bring. I am kinda relieved that at least no Australian landmarks will creep their way into the film. I remember being taken aback while watching Ghost Rider when shots of the Yarra River and Telstra Dome made their way into the picture. I wanna escape with GREEN LANTERN and a shot of downtown Sydney doubling as Coast City won’t enable me to do that.

My main concern is that this could mean the relase date of GREEN LANTERN is once again pushed back. There’s no news yet regarding this, but I’ll be sure to report anything if it comes to light.

In the meantime, I hope you’re all enjoying BLACKEST NIGHT. I know I am!

Well, we’re not telling..he he he…but tune to the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS website on Oct 22nd to find out!

Yes. We are bastards.

What the Hell is going on over at Google HQ? Over the last few weeks their home screen banners have had cryptic UFO themes prompting the question: “What the fuck?”

Why the UFO theme and why now? Is Google trying to tell us something? Are they prepping us for full disclosure or impending Alien Invasion?

These eerie banners have all been linked to Google searches on UFO related topics such as Crop Circles. Click the banner and BOOM! up comes a Google search on all things UFO and paranormal. Sweet.

Is this kinda subliminal weirdness someway of getting us all to suddenly start looking deeper into the UFO subject? I want answers, dammit! And I want ‘em now! Seriously…I’m really bored at the moment and need something interesting to read…

Anyway, if anyone knows anything about this, or if you happen to be on the [ahem!] ‘inside’ then please let me know. This shit is driving me nuts.

UPDATE: Damn. Seems the weird banners were all a homage to H.G. Wells and his 143rd birthday…yeah ok, great writer, seminal visionary, yeah yeah. I dig that. But I was wanting something darker, man! I was hoping that some banner artist at Google was trying to to let us all know that the World’s largest search engine is actually being run by Alien Overlords from Zeta Reticuli. Or that Google reverse engineered a UFO toilet in order to invent Google! Damn. Why is reality so mundane?

Yes! It only took about 2 and a half years of running this puerile blog, but we finally got the post count into triple figures. Of course, it means nothing. But it makes us feel better when we log into the blog dashboard.

This blog was originally set up to bring you all the news on the development of the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS production. But to be honest, that news is pretty much few and far between owing to the often drawn-out nature of self-funded filmmaking. So as a result, this blog has become more of a forum for us to rant about crap loosely related to Suburban Knights, Star Wars and just about anything that we think deserves to have something said about it.

We’ve said it before, but its worth stating again: making films is hard. Especially films that you’re paying for yourself. Everyone who has contributed towards the making of SUBURBAN KNIGHTS has done so either out of their own generosity or the fact that we nagged them to the point of near insanity. I’d just like to once again thank all those who’ve helped us make this rather self-indulgent, and lets face it, idiotic, little fan-film project happen. It’s near-impossible to make films on your own. You’re always going to need help. And we are very fortunate that help has always been available. Albeit on the promise of a free lunch and several slabs of beer!

So now SUBURBAN KNIGHTS Episode 2: DEATH CRUSH is complete and mere weeks away from debut. We can’t wait to unleash its raw artistic power on the poor, unsuspecting internet.

We hope you enjoy it. Sure, it’s stupid, pointless and says fuck all about the state of the World, Global Warming, Animal Cruelty or anything remotely relevant. But that’s the way we want it. For us, films are about escapism and having fun. And hopefully, if nothing else, that’s what you get from watching Suburban Knights. We know it’s not perfect, but then again, what is? ( maybe ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ ).

So be sure to check back here on October 22nd. That’s when SK2 will be online at the SUBURBAN KNIGHTS website. In the meantime, here’s a rare image of our elusive Producer wishing the SK Community all the best. He’s allowed out on weekends for good behaviour..

I love this shit. UFOs. A fascinating subject.

Here’s a must watch vid from Dr Steven Greer, head of the privately run DISCLOSURE project.

Open your minds people!

Disclose.tv Dr. Steven Greer The Promise of New Energy Video