entered into The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards because it was much longer than the contest's upper time limit, and because Lucasfilm only accepts parodies or documentaries as part of the competition. Due to legal reasons, they cannot allow serious fan fiction works into the contest. Despite this, director Shane Felux attended the fan film awards. Cast Gina Hernandez - Taryn Anwar Karen Hammang - Zhanna Holland Gedney - Raux Anwar Frank Hernandez - Declan Joe Lancaster - Zhanna's Aide Jack Foley - Darth Vader (voice) Errol Spat Oktan - Emperor Palpatine/Annoying Drunk/Biker Scout/Tie Pilot #3 Jonathan Thorpe - Emperor Palpatine (voice) Ayisha Cottontail - Go-go Dancer 3 Nick Jamilla - Rogue 1/Sword Fight Choreographer Reception Praise and criticism Shortly after the film's premiere in April 2005, the director, Shane Felux, appeared on many news and talk shows promoting the film, notably CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° and MSNBC's Connected: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley. The film was made available free for downloading online starting April 19, 2005, and in fact the volume was so heavy that Star Wars fan site TheForce.Net was forced to temporarily discontinue offering it after two days because it overloaded their bandwidth. Independent online film site iFilm also made Revelations available for download starting April 23, 2005. Within two weeks of the film being made available online, it was downloaded nearly one million times. For the most part, the media praised the film, especially for its special effects and story. Others noted that the film was quite ambitious for a production of its kind. Some even compared the production and ambition of the film to that of the original Star Wars film, A New Hope. George Lucas, though he admits he has yet to see Revelations, has said how much he appreciates the work and ideas of his fans on fan films in general, and enjoys watching them. He encourages productions such as these, which is something relatively rare for an owner and creator of such a series to do. Awards 2005 Balticon Film Festival: Best Film 2005 Star Walking Film Festival (Australia): Best Live Action, Production Design, Editing, Visual Effects, Best Actress (Gina Hernandez) 2005 MassBay Film Festival: Best Fan Film Soundtrack Chris Bouchard composed an original soundtrack for Revelations, which utilizes certain Star Wars themes. Home media A downloadable DVD image of Revelations was released not long after its