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 ====== Star Wars Fan Film Makes Axanar-Like Kickstarter Appeal ====== ====== Star Wars Fan Film Makes Axanar-Like Kickstarter Appeal ======
  
-//**Fans See Disturbing Parallels in 'Shrouded Destiny,' Which Also Eschews the Fan Film Label**//+//**Despite Disturbing Parallels to Axanar, 'Shrouded Destiny' Rallies Nearly 300 Donors to Meet Goal**//
  
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 ===== Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny ===== ===== Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny =====
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 +It's actually from a new [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Kickstarter]] by Danish actor-director Shahbaz Sarwar, who aimed to raise more than $31,000 by August 9, 2018, for his pilot episode of a five-season Star Wars series.
  
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-It's actually from a new [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Kickstarter]] by Danish actor-director Shahbaz Sarwar, who aims to raise more than $31,000 by August 9, 2018, for the pilot episode of a five-season Star Wars series in which he wants to direct and star, hoping to get Lucasfilm and Disney to pick up the tab.+Sarwar wants to direct and star, hoping to get Lucasfilm and Disney to pick up the tab for the full series. The project [[#beat expectations|passed its goal]] on August 8, ultimately raising $32,705 the following day when the campaign concluded.
  
 The pilot, //Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny//, is described in the Kickstarter as "//Game of Thrones//, //Breaking Bad,// //The Raid// movies and //The Wire// wrapped in Star Wars."(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny Kickstarter page]], retrieved 8/5/18.)) The pilot, //Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny//, is described in the Kickstarter as "//Game of Thrones//, //Breaking Bad,// //The Raid// movies and //The Wire// wrapped in Star Wars."(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny Kickstarter page]], retrieved 8/5/18.))
  
 However, Star Wars fans are seeing some familiar red flags in this project that — in the wake of a copyright lawsuit and Axanar's failure to produce anything with the $1.7 million it raised from fans — has presented obstacles in the filmmaker's pursuit of crowdfunding. However, Star Wars fans are seeing some familiar red flags in this project that — in the wake of a copyright lawsuit and Axanar's failure to produce anything with the $1.7 million it raised from fans — has presented obstacles in the filmmaker's pursuit of crowdfunding.
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 ==== Industry Calling Card ==== ==== Industry Calling Card ====
  
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-<wrap lo>**TEASER** //This nearly seven-minute clip is part of //Shrouded Destiny//'s Kickstarter pitch.//</wrap>+<wrap lo>**TEASER** //This nearly seven-minute video is part of //Shrouded Destiny//'s Kickstarter pitch.//</wrap>
  
 === Departing From Disney === === Departing From Disney ===
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-//**__‘The reason we set the [goal] so low … is because of the psychological effect. If we set the number low and get some big donations in quick, the donation bar fills up quicker.’__**// <wrap indent>— //Shrouded Destiny's Shahbaz Sarwar//</wrap>+//**__‘I know that Alec Peters really screwed things up, but I don’t want to go down that road.’__**// <wrap indent>— //Shrouded Destiny's Shahbaz Sarwar//</wrap>
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 "Veterans and newcomers alike, the standard is set incredibly high and the team is only getting bigger," Sarwar says. "Veterans and newcomers alike, the standard is set incredibly high and the team is only getting bigger," Sarwar says.
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 ===== The Difference One Lawsuit Makes ===== ===== The Difference One Lawsuit Makes =====
  
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 “Charities,” he told doubtful Kickstarter donors, “pay salaries to their full-time employees.”(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/comments?cursor=14623710#comment-14623709|Alec Peters comment, Star Trek Axanar Kickstarter project]], 10/9/16.)) Axanar, of course, was [[peters_kickstarter_facts#axanar_s_non_profit_status|never a charity]]. “Charities,” he told doubtful Kickstarter donors, “pay salaries to their full-time employees.”(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/194429923/star-trek-axanar/comments?cursor=14623710#comment-14623709|Alec Peters comment, Star Trek Axanar Kickstarter project]], 10/9/16.)) Axanar, of course, was [[peters_kickstarter_facts#axanar_s_non_profit_status|never a charity]].
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-<wrap lo>With just three days left in its Kickstarter campaign, //Shrouded Destiny// wasn't expected to attract pledges of more than about $17,000. By not reaching 100 percent of its goal, the project gets no funding. (Click image to view full size)<wrap lo><wrap indent>//Chart/Kicktraq.com//</wrap></wrap></wrap> 
  
 ==== Low Goal, High Returns? ==== ==== Low Goal, High Returns? ====
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 > We are not here to manipulate or lie to you. The art of illusions is something reserved for storytelling and everything outside that NEEDS to be REAL and HONEST. So the more money you decide to give, it will quite literally translate into a better episode.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny Kickstarter page]], retrieved 8/5/18.)) > We are not here to manipulate or lie to you. The art of illusions is something reserved for storytelling and everything outside that NEEDS to be REAL and HONEST. So the more money you decide to give, it will quite literally translate into a better episode.(([[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo|Star Wars: Shrouded Destiny Kickstarter page]], retrieved 8/5/18.))
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 +<wrap lo>Nearing the end of its Kickstarter, //Shrouded Destiny// wasn't expected to meet its goal but the campaign rallied in the final two days, eking out just enough to keep the money backers pledged but still far short of what organizers hoped for. (Click image to view full size)<wrap lo><wrap indent>//Chart/Kicktraq.com//</wrap></wrap></wrap>
  
 === Moving Goalposts === === Moving Goalposts ===
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 > The investors are actually only asked to invest in it in the same way that an artistic grant would work: I cannot promise investors money back, since this fan film/pilot is to be released online on YouTube for free.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/452644011917118/?comment_id=452745841906935&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R7%22%7D|Shahbaz Sharwar comment, AxaMonitor Facebook group]], 8/6/18.)) > The investors are actually only asked to invest in it in the same way that an artistic grant would work: I cannot promise investors money back, since this fan film/pilot is to be released online on YouTube for free.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/452644011917118/?comment_id=452745841906935&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R7%22%7D|Shahbaz Sharwar comment, AxaMonitor Facebook group]], 8/6/18.))
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 ===== Prospects for Success ===== ===== Prospects for Success =====
  
-In Axanar's wake, those kind of appeals may not hold the sway they once did, nor are some potential donors drawn by Sarwar's unabashed career-building goals. As of the posting of this article, the independent Kickstarter monitoring site, Kicktraq, was [[https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo/|not optimistic]] Sarwar's campaign would meet its target, much less the $62,000 goal for which he was actually aiming.(([[https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo/|Kicktraq page for Shrouded Destiny]], retrieved 8/5/18.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+In Axanar's wake, those kind of appeals may not hold the sway they once did, nor are some potential donors drawn by Sarwar's unabashed career-building goals. As of the posting of this article, the independent Kickstarter monitoring site, [[https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo/|Kicktraq]], was not optimistic Sarwar's campaign would meet its target, much less the $62,000 goal for which he was actually aiming.(([[https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/145505563/shrouded-destiny-a-star-wars-long-tale-pilot-episo/|Kicktraq page for Shrouded Destiny]], retrieved 8/5/18.)) On August 8, the campaign eked past its published goal. 
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 +==== Beat Expectations ==== 
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 +<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> //Shrouded Destiny// rallied a total of 316 backers — at least 122 in the final days — to beat expectations and pass its goal on August 8, one day shy of the end of the Kickstarter. By campaign's end the following day, it had raised USD$32,705. 
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 +=== 'Gained Perspective' === 
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 +After several days of exchanges with skeptics on the **AxaMonitor** Facebook page, Sarwar said he'd gained perspective based on where he believed Peters had gone wrong: 
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 +> As I engaged some of the people critical of my project and me personally in this group, I gained some much needed perspective and I feel that I'm better suited for further debates on my project, in part, because of you guys. So thank you for that. I know that Alec Peters really screwed things up, but I don't want to go down that road. Neither for the Star Wars fan community, but also for myself. I want this to be a project that inspires people to pursue dreams and do them with honor and transparency.(([[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/452644011917118/?comment_id=455133581668161&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D|Shahbaz Sarwar comment, AxaMonitor Facebook group]], 8/8/18.)) 
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