5/10/2006 - SOTF Contributor 'Ethington' Closes After 56 Years of Theatrical Excellence
Grand Canyon University's Ethington Theatre Department was officially closed today when the "higher-ups" deemed the program a necessary loss as the school has struggled financially for the past several years. Instructors were given severance packages and the theater will now be used as a possible lecture hall.
GCU's theatre department was a major contributor to the 'Spirits of the Force' sequels. It donated many costumes (created by Nola Yergen-Jennings), set pieces, and lighting gels.
Several actors and crewmembers developed their craft at Ethington. Actors Joel Cranson (Kyle Katarn), Brenda Glenn (Jan Ors), Elizabeth Grasham (Celeese), and Justin Whittenton (Jonos Belot) all studied at Ethington.
Thank you Ethington Theatre for your 56 years of Excellence!
May the Force be with You… Always!
4/15/2006 - FOOL'S ERRAND RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED!!
Shortly after a cast/crew-only screening of the almost-finished film at "Studio-C", Joel and Webb agreed on the Official Fool's Errand release date: JUNE 10, 2006.
The film will premiere at Atomic Comics in Mesa, AZ at the Phoenix Fan Force's monthly meeting, 3:00pm. The film will be available shortly thereafter online for download.
12/17/2005 - SPECIAL EDITION RELEASED!!!
Please download Spirits of the Force Special Edition here. The new Quicktime 7.0 player is required.
11/17/2005 - Exactly ONE MONTH to the release of Spirits of the Force Special Edition! To celebrate, we've released the
new movie poster for Spirits of the Force. Check it out on the home page!
10/22/2005 - Attending the local Horror/Sci-Fi Film Festival, Joel Cranson and Nathan Blaine got to meet the one and only
Peter Mayhew and give him a copy of Spirits of the Force! Click the picture to enlarge.
10/20/2005 - The local Phoenix, AZ paper "The Arizona Republic" has an Entertainment Guide insert called "The Rep."
Today there was a full-page article about Star Wars fan films featuring Spirits of the Force! Read the Article Online.
10/13/2005 - We've added a bunch of new photos to the Behind the Scenes section. Enjoy!
10/2/2005 - Principle photography for "Special Edition (SE)" is completed, post production starts immediately. Scheduled premiere of Special Edition will be at the Atomic Comics Fan Films Festival on December 17, 2005.
8/22/2005 - We are happy to announce the production of "Spirits of the Force - Special Edition" Joel and Webb took some time to answer questions about this special re-release.
5/28/2005 - Spirits of the Force cast/crew members make news in the Phoenix New Times.
(See the In The News section for full info).
5/8/2005 - Cranson Upholstery and the Spirits of the Force cast will be sponsoring (and waiting in) the Star Wars Episode III line-up at the Harkins Cine Capri in Scottsdale Arizona. The lineup begins May 12th! See you there.
5/6/2005 - Late breaking news! Spirits of the Force will be shown at LepreCon 31 in Carefree, AZ May 6-8. See you there!
2/1/2005 - It's official. Spirits of the Force, and the trailer for Fool's Errand
will be shown at the 2005 Phoenix Cactus Comicon on April 10th,
Glendale Civic Center.
9/3/2004 - The trailer for Fool's Errand is released.
3/13/2004 - Spirits of the Force makes its premiere at the
Phoenix Fan Force monthly meeting
at a local Atomic Comics store to a full house of local Star Wars fans.
11/15/2003 - Spirits of the Force is filmed in just ONE day, post production begins immediately.
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