Lego Star Wars: Triumph of the Empire

After the rise of the new empire, following the events of Episode III, the Imperial Navy produced propaganda films to raise morale about the rise in military power. Produced and narrated by Grand Moff Tarkin, this is the last remaining copy of those films.
Animated and rendered Lego, created by Ladonite Creations in 2006.

[@legowiz4561]

I was thinking about this film at work today and had to find it. It’s crazy, but 14 years ago this little video was a huge inspiration to a 10 year old wannabe brickfilmer. 14 years later it still holds up really well, and is even more impressive for its time. Very enjoyable and a big nostalgia hit.

[@brickfilmmultiverse8935]

We loved your brickfilm, and have added it to our 'Spotlight on Star Wars!' showcase playlist. Have a nice day!

[@xxxfancypantsxxx]

that was sweet. Amazing effects!

[@chunguskiller1202]

When this comment was made i was not born yet i am here in 2018

[@CalmaxFilm]

Holy shit the FX for 2006!!!!!!!

[@starwarsstudio100]

Good job!

[@JensLuebeck]

This is most definitely my favorite Brickfilm. Again, excellent job Ladon.

[@MRB1157]

Long live the Empire!

[@BrendanHenry]

I had to animate the camera in post, as I only had one trooper minifig! I had to re-shoot the crowd shots as many times as you can see figs. Every fig required it's own shoot!

[@Limberger]

Hand down the best animation I've seen. Everything was so fluid, simply amazing.

[@BrokenNooby64]

It’s crazy how Star Wars many years later would have elements like this in stuff like Andor and The Bad Batch. I watch this alongside the 2002 brick film Rise of the Empire, and it almost feels like they were meant to be together.

[@BrendanHenry]

I will definitely say that Jay Silver's Rise of the Empire was an inspiration for Triumph! He definitely set the bar, so it was a great brickfilm to get to watch and try and aspire to

[@TYNexus0717]

going through some old videos. dam i'm so glad this survived the gauntlet.

[@Rickyrab]

Tatooine cannot into space, Coruscant stronk! :)

[@BrendanHenry]

I sure did! Thought I responded to this question already, sorry. KZbin must have messed up the comment. All of the minifigs were stop motion, the clones were composited because I only had one. All of the ships were cgi except for one shot. Can you tell which one? I sure can, because it looks pretty bad!

[@striderdemme]

Nice work, dude.

[@gigerbrick]

Darth Vaders Cape... Too cool.

[@thatweirdgreenparrot7715]

Ok, where I can sign up?

[@Hepathos]

GLORY FOR THE EMPIRE!

[@TouchbrickPictures]

Amazing. The effects work in this is superb, and the idea is actually quite funny. I got a chill when I saw Palps giving that speech!

[@lifevest1]

i still like how you made it look like a old world war one or two film about a army. Love it! ;}

[@some47]

BRAVO MAESTRO!!! absolutely superb!! I gave you 5/5 stars and stand up from my chair auplauding for your movie. One of the most creative i've seen. The Voice of Tarkin was fenomenal done! Love that voice and how he speaks even with such pride and very auristocratic LOVE IT! Further more : Long live the Emperor! Hail the Empire and support the troops!

[@lifevest1]

dude this is probably the best star wars video i have ever seen!!!!

[@FunnyBoysFilms]

Truly awesome ! - Not just amazingly good stop motion but the editing was 1st rate as well.

[@WormulonDCP]

That was great! No one can oppose the Galactic Empire!

[@Ternezia]

Very impressive. I'm Imperial fan and it was really pleasant to watch. Thank you for making this.

[@erikerice9068]

Ok.....late to your party, i know it's LEGO, but that was pretty damn impressive and kinda scary all at the same time.

[@0ldScratch]

truly epic - an excellent mix of real lego, cg and compositing

[@Kaiser325]

OMG!! this is THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN ON KZbin!!!

[@Adiambrozi]

awesome

[@gigerbrick]

It gets better every time I see it!

[@LadySythe]

Battle of the Planets - Mars. Love that score :D

[@roosterflu77]

This Kinda brought a tear in my eye XD The Empire owns! And seeing The ARC-170s, V-wings, and Venators still being in use until the Replaced. I liked this vid! Go Tarkin!

[@lifevest1]

Adding The Song Mars was explosive! i like the part with the arc-170s doing the WWII bomber fly by pose

[@neterwan]

That was worth it! =) The video is cool. I never thought of joining the Empire in any SW games, but this vid makes me feel like correcting that mistake =)

[@n0rdeck52]

This was awesome! Nice use of "Mars" from Holst's "The Planets" in there as well!

[@Firefox13A]

I can't think of enough good things to say about this. This rocks.

[@gigerbrick]

I never get tired of this one :)

[@arktosempire]

Impressive, most impressive

[@virtualpigmaster]

brilliant animation fantastic! thanks for making this!

[@member555]

Triumph of the Will?

[@treetah]

Brillant. Simply breathtaking.

[@nairda55555]

for the empire

[@kwerky]

"LEGO Riefenstahl"? Sorry, I just had to say it :-P

[@Hendo56]

Absolutely incredible job. Very stylish, very atmospheric. Well done!

[@LOE_117]

Your comment is as old as me that's crazy

[@Hendo56]

@@LOE_117 Nothing is too crazy for the net!

[@LOE_117]

@@Hendo56 you have the same account 16 years later now THAT Is crazy

[@Hendo56]

@@LOE_117 Consistency is a virtue... :)

[@williamedrickleoshin]

This is the best lego movie in the history of the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I havn't even finished watching it.

[@SuperLuigirules1]

wow great job

[@CrimsonGuard1992]

All Hail the Empire!

[@BrendanHenry]

It's the closest you can get to the Star Wars march without actually being instantly recognizeable. Only a fraction of the people who recognize Star Wars instantly will do the same for Holst. Also, like Gianlucapaul said, it's pretty much the same. I went through my collection of marches early on in the project to see what would for best, and I ended up going with Holst pretty early on.

[@BrendanHenry]

Thanks! That's quite the compliment, but I know what you mean about what Episode 3 lacked.

[@philosophershale]

I love this, and I'm usually opposed to Star Wars brickfilms (in general). Great film!

[@esek64]

Cool ship animation!

[@XAVIAXZEO]

An Interesting Combination Of Animation.

[@Chichiri24]

awesome video. what program do you use for this kind of animation

[@DarkRavenProductions]

wow that was amazing

[@mUcHa3591]

Truly amazing!

[@general2121]

the empire's awesome =) NICELY DONE! =D

[@EduardoTVideos]

@sovi91 You are wrong, the first Death Star were construct in Despayre.

[@TYNexus0717]

WE ARE THE GALICTIC EMPIRE AND WE WELL NEVER EVER FALL BUT RISE UP TO A INTER GALITIC EMPIRE!!!

[@yermaan]

ur realy good at stopmotion! what software do u use?

[@xaneteia]

pretty cool, nice use of holsts planet suite :)

[@PaulProspero]

wow 10/10

[@Zarrov]

Was u inspired by ending film of terren campaign in basic Starcraft game? Some shots are very similar.

[@vnanimation]

That was awesome, what programs did you use to do the editing and special effects?

[@BrendanHenry]

Three weeks straight. That's with minimal sleep, and 4 hours of break per week maximum.

[@Dunechaser6066]

Stunning animation.

[@ElectricProductions12]

I can't believe I found this now, this is awesome. Also did you do most of the shots in 3D?

[@BrendanHenry]

Yeah! A million years ago... The shots of the crowd were done in a 3d space in After Effects, with a 3d camera moving past layers of stop motion minifigs (I only had 2 or 3 troopers). But a lot of it was done in 3d!

[@ElectricProductions12]

@@BrendanHenry Awesome man, are you planning on making more and also would be awesome if you checked my animations and if you like what you see feel free to subscribe :)

[@roaklin]

incorrect, the Death Star prototype was built at the Maw.

[@BrendanHenry]

If I had the bricks to do this, I would have done it all with brick... And the time. I had two weeks, and I only had a single ship and a single clone trooper :) Most of my films use more bricks, I haven't really done much digital stuff since this one, and definitely none before it.

[@gianlucapaul]

You realize it's already playing in the original Star Wars movies. John WIlliams just changed a note or two.

[@RojOdio]

This was pretty awesome, although I think it would have been alittle cooler if he was screaming instead of just talking, still though, this was fucking badass!

[@marvel1455]

hey you know after you see the droids what is that arc shaped thing floating in space?

[@lifevest1]

its still funny how the venators still have the republic emblem on them

[@dorkirt]

You are my new god :) 5 stars

[@TussinTim]

He literally duplicated each one of them using a special/visual effects program called Adobe After Effects. He took footage of the one soldier in multiple positions and put all the footage together.

[@BrendanHenry]

Well, it's the phrasing that was common in presidential speeches. Drawing out the speech to try and raise some patriotic emotions in the american public. I listened to a few, and then got my lead actor to imitate it.

[@jawharp1992]

what shot is it? what time?

[@BrendanHenry]

You're welcome! I'm glad it's being appreciated :)

[@BrendanHenry]

That's a Trade Federation station thing, they were in eps 1 and 2.

[@BrendanHenry]

They were all real, but I only have one. Got it out of a set I bought from LegoLand

[@BrendanHenry]

You're correct and thanks :)

[@Newjourney14]

OMG Freaking great!!!!!!!! ::thumbs up::!!!!!!

[@TussinTim]

Awesome

[@BlueBrixProductions]

Timbooki wow one of the original comment this comment was earlier when solid brix studios started his channel.

[@jstudios98]

at the beggining who is the guy with the red lightsaber

[@jawharp1992]

he did this all in his computer.

[@darthandrew19905]

for me, the music made this. any other choice would have made the entire video fall flat.

[@BrendanHenry]

Blizzard Cinematics team? I honestly have no idea what you are referring to.

[@CanadianBlaze137]

what track is this?

[@BrendanHenry]

You're more than welcome :)

[@yes-ug7kp]

Cool affects

[@thebigs6405]

Triumph of the Will parody?

[@Kardia_of_Rhodes]

And 3 during the beginning battle

[@starwarsbigfan06]

How did i only find this now?!?!?!?

[@UltamentGaming]

this was 15 years ago?!?!

[@BrendanHenry]

I know right??

[@lifevest1]

@@BrendanHenry This was one of the first videos I ever saw on KZbin when I joined in 06. Truly incredible, call Disney and pitch a show!

[@BrendanHenry]

@@lifevest1 That's awesome!

[@RobinApprentice]

has anybody ever heard any of Hitler's speeches in English before? This sounds scarily like one.... :S

[@BrendanHenry]

I don't see Coruscant anywhere in that shot...

[@BrendanHenry]

I did, and thanks :D

[@BrendanHenry]

That's because it wasn't made with KZbin in mind ;)

[@gamecrewQ]

Cool

[@EnemyToTheWorld]

I see a planet in that scene. Not Coruscant though. Anyhow, excellent film! So good propaganda I will join the Empire just because I saw this!

[@IBC501]

@ladonite also in ep.3 space battle over corascant

[@BrendanHenry]

All of the figs were real, but the larger ships were not. Too much money for just a couple of shots!