Star Wars fleet week in San Francisco

I dig this fun special effects video "documenting" San Francisco Fleet Week if the fleet were Imperial craft from Star Wars. Seen above, a Lambda-class shuttle soars past the Golden Gate Bridge. Death Star Over San Francisco (Current.com, thanks Vann Hall!)

UPDATE: BB pal Bonnie Burton writes, "I actually interviewed the filmmaker last week on the Official Starwars.com Blog!"

[#1 posted by akbar56 , August 20, 2008 9:30 AM]

Can an Imperial Star Destroyer do an atmospheric flight?

[#2 posted by Jeff , August 20, 2008 9:52 AM]

#1 Yes it can. Oh that made my day! So cool. I want to see that for real. I've seen the Blue Angels over the bay, but a star destroyer is so much more impressive. I wish we had a Death Star franchise in orbit; I could look at that for hours.

[#3 posted by JoshuaZ , August 20, 2008 9:56 AM]

The Death Star in the video is the incomplete Death Star from Return of the Jedi. That doesn't make much sense. If it were part of something like fleet week it should be a completed Death Star.

[#4 posted by Dan , August 20, 2008 10:02 AM]

This is a great vid -- my favorite bit is the TIE fighter flyby shot from the sailboat in the bay.

TIE fighters look odd when hovering, though...

[#5 posted by Jeff , August 20, 2008 10:22 AM]

#3, I think the full DS is great and all, but the one under construction has all the interesting side details and little ships working around. Why not two, one full and one being built? put the full one out by the Moon.

[#6 posted by insomma , August 20, 2008 10:29 AM]

with the exception of the first night shot, I thnk most of the Death Stars are way too big- it would have to be bigger than the earth to see it that large in the sky. Cool nonetheless though!

[#7 posted by EH , August 20, 2008 10:30 AM]

#2: Several years ago a stealth bomber made an appearance. It was kinda close to that.

[#8 posted by jmhuck , August 20, 2008 11:04 AM]

That's the BAY BRIDGE. Not the Golden Gate. Of course the Empire would start shuttle service across the bay to avoid the Berkeley maze.

[#9 posted by franko , August 20, 2008 12:10 PM]

awesome. now they really need to do one for the rebellion side.
: )

[#10 posted by Bonnie , August 20, 2008 2:19 PM]

I interviewed the filmmaker Michael Horn about how he made the film and why here on the Official Starwars.com Blog if you want to check it out:
http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2008/08/15/i-left-my-star-destroyer-in-san-francisco/

[#11 posted by bzishi , August 20, 2008 2:44 PM]

@JoshuaZ: "The Death Star in the video is the incomplete Death Star from Return of the Jedi. That doesn't make much sense. If it were part of something like fleet week it should be a completed Death Star."

You can never please some people. It takes decades to build a Deathstar. You should just be happy that they decided to make the trip from their galaxy far, far away.

[#12 posted by Modusoperandi , August 20, 2008 6:17 PM]

JoshuaZ "The Death Star in the video is the incomplete Death Star from Return of the Jedi."
Incomplete? Boy, did the Empire ever fool you...

Now witness the power of this fully armed and operational battle station. Fire at will, commander.

[#13 posted by Lord Xenu , August 21, 2008 8:05 AM]

A lot of the political posts on this site describe how the U.S. is turning into a police state. Now someone posts a video of the Imperial fleet policing San Francisco. Did anyone else find the juxtaposition a little weird?

[#14 posted by Jeff , August 21, 2008 8:09 AM]

Lord Xenu, the Empire is our friend (unless you want to end up working in the spice mines of Kessel!) Now shut up, look at the pretty star destroyer and wave.

[#15 posted by mdhatter , August 21, 2008 8:35 AM]

So well executed, but I want to know why are there 2 suns?

(judging by the reflections on the death star v. the other buildings, they brought another sun along with them - I know, everyone's a critic)