If filming Star Wars in Ireland is good enough for the actual franchise, then it’s good enough for a fan film.
Stormtroopers is a new fan film based on the Star Wars universe that was shot on location in Cork, Waterford and Tipperary and directed by Micheál Fitzgerald. The plot is about a platoon of Stormtroopers who raid a remote Rebel Mining outpost.
Being a fan film, it’s obviously not up to Hollywood standards in the effects department, but it’s an admirable homage to the universe and most notably also, the score was written by Cork-based producer Electric Foxx.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
