Face it, we’ve all imagined ourselves in the hot seat of a TIE fighter or X-wing at some point.
With this hot new fan-made anime, you can finally get your tour of a galaxy far, far away from the perspective of one of the Empire’s sweet Twin Ion Engine pilots. It’s a loving homage not only to the Star Wars franchise, but also to those rad anime shows of yesteryear, like Robotech and Speed Racer
Buckle in and check it out below. You’re gonna love it.
The film, by YouTuber OtaKing, gives you seven minutes of heart-pounding Star Wars action, full of stuff you won’t see in any of the current films, like the controls sequence involved in getting a TIE fighter out of the launch bay, or what a pilot actually looks like under that menacing black uniform and fighter pilot mask: they look as human as any other Star Wars character, apparently, complete with mustaches and grimaces.
The loving rendering of each frame of this delicious throwback to the hyper-realistic animation of the past makes everything just that much better. As does that super bitchin’ guitar-rock soundtrack, am I right?
You owe it to yourself to watch this all the way through as you wait for the next set of films from Abrams and company. If not, well, then, may the Force be with you.
