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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 aimed 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. The project [[#beat expectations|passed its goal]] on August 8, ultimately raising $32,705 the following day when the campaign concluded.+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.))
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 {{youtube>MB72G7JdW-I?large|Shrouded Destiny clip}} {{youtube>MB72G7JdW-I?large|Shrouded Destiny clip}}
-<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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 “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>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> 
 ==== 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 =====
  
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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. <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' ===
  
 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: 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: