As a garrison of Imperial drop ships stationed on Tatooine await further orders, an evening sandstorm brews. A local X-Wing squadron use the storm as cover and launch a surprise attack. Though stronger in numbers the troopers retreat, but the rushed evacuation comes at a cost.
This personal project escalated from just wanting to try using Mixamo characters, to a full-fledged animation. I developed the short around the Stormtroopers running, what were they running from, and how would they escape? This lead me to designing my own Imperial Trooper Transport, and literally helped get this project off the ground. From there I pushed myself to learn new areas of 3D such as character animation, particle effects, smoke effects, and much more. Everything was rendered using Blender's Eevee engine for it's speed and allowed me the flexibility of revising my scenes. I'm happy to share this project with both the Star Wars & Blender communities, enjoy!
Credits:
Blender 3D Software - https://www.blender.org/
Stormtrooper & Scout Trooper models courtesy of Star Wars Battlefront
Character animation - Adobe Mixamo - https://www.mixamo.com/
Blender Pure Sky Addon by 3D Vison - https://blendermarket.com/products/pure-sky
Maven Lens Distortions - https://lensdistortions.com/maven/
Kitbash Packs - Andrew Averkin https://www.artstation.com/averkin/store
Kitbash Packs - Adrian Rutkowski https://adrianrutkowski.gumroad.com/
Music - https://a-scores.com/
