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Like childhood Star Wars toy sessions made flesh, DIY filmmakers Corridor Digital (previously) has just released a quite believable video of a TIE Fighter vs X-Wing dogfight shot with drones and desktop VFX. R2-D2 somehow gets mixed up with some Stormtroopers who chase him (her? it?) to the skies. There are some fantastic drone aerobatics involving a bridge and some dodgy trees á la Return of the Jedi speeder bike chase, and the filmmakers keep you invested in the battle for nearly five minutes, an impressive feat. Perhaps the most fun part of the whole thing is filling in the blanks of the narrative: What is the dastardly droid doing on this planet? Stealing supplies? Gathering intel? Overall, Drone Star Wars (a.k.a. The Drone Wars, a.k.a. Attack of the Drones) is everything our younger selves wanted from our action figures.To create the iconic inside-the-cockpit feel, the crew fixed 3D-printed replicas of each ship's windshields to a pair of drone cameras. Each shot of a ship from the outside is a digitally-rendered model borrowed from Digital Copilot, and overlaid over an actual drone flying in front of the camera drone. The only exception is the establishing take-off shot, which features fake TIE Fighter and X-Wing drones made to fool viewers into thinking the actual toys are flying around in the air.Enjoy this love letter to Star Wars toys and making our own stories within a fictional universe, Drone Star Wars, below. See how Corridor Digital made the film here.See more of Corridor Digital's work on their YouTube channel.Related:The Weird and Wonderful World of Bootleg Star Wars ToysDisney Reveals Concept Illustrations for 'Star Wars' Theme Park'Star Wars' Heroes, Reborn as Greek Sculptures
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