The Pink Five FAQ

When's Volume Three coming out?

We've been screening in-progress versions of Volume Three at various conventions. It'll be released online when it's finished.

What's taking so #%(&@$ long?

Glad you #%(&@$ asked!

Each of the three "volumes" of Return of Pink Five is approximately fifteen minutes, so the entire project is forty-five minutes in length. That's half a feature film. Half a Star Wars feature film, which means an exceptionally heavy fx workload.

All of our post-production - editing, fx work, sound effects editing, sound mixing, color correction, and so on - is being done by a core group of about five people. "Real" films employ dozens, even hundreds of people to do this amount of work. And there are only so many hours in a day.

Movie studios should hire you to make movies or tv shows or internet stuff for them.

Yes. They really should.

If you know any of those people, or if you are one of those people, .

Can I buy the Pink Five movies on DVD?

We wish.

The Pink Five films, like all Star Wars fanfilms, are unauthorized versions of George Lucas' copyrighted works. We don't have the legal right to make these movies, much less sell them.

However, Lucasfilm very kindly allows fanfilms to be made and distributed, as long as the makers don't attempt to profit from them.

I have come up with a brilliant scheme to dodge copyright law, which means you can sell me a DVD.

Unless you work for Lucasfilm's legal department, I doubt it.

Okay, then why don't you just make the Pink Five movies available for download?

One of the conditions of being a finalist in the Atomfilms Fan Film contest is that we're not allowed to put the Pink Five movies online anywhere else.

By the way, no one else is allowed to, either. If you see Pink Five online anywhere other than Atomfilms, it's a bootleg.

So Lucasfilm/Atomfilms owns Pink Five?

No, we do. But Lucasfilm/Atomfilms have an exclusive license to show the Pink Five films.

There's nothing unusual about this - the makers of Lost own their show but only ABC can broadcast it, because ABC has the license. Same deal.

Does Lucasfilm pay you to make these films?

The Pink Five films are entirely paid for out of our own pockets - plus online donations from fans, which we appreciate tremendously.

We are not employed by Lucasfilm, nor do they assist in the making of our videos. (And just like the rest of you, they often ask us when the next chapter will be finished.)

Lucasfilm does support us by showing our films at their events, featuring us on Starwars.com, and so on. Which we also appreciate tremendously.

Why don't you sell Pink Five stuff in your store?

We're not allowed to profit from Pink Five merchandise, either. What you see in our store is what we're allowed to sell.

Speaking of which, what the heck is Pink Harvest?

Your trivia knowledge is not complete, young Jedi.

At the end of Pink Five Strikes Back, it said the next movie would be called Revenge of Pink Five. Why the change?

Your trivia knowledge is not complete, young Jedi.

Would Amy go out with me?

Probably not. But it amuses her when you ask.

I have a great idea for the next chapter.

Thank you, but Return of Pink Five was written in 2004, and we finished shooting in 2005.

However, there are now people writing Pink Five fan fiction, feel free to express your idea that way!

Wait, what? People are writing Pink Five fan fiction?

We're as amazed as you are.

In (title of Pink Five movie) you say (something), but in (Star Wars novel or comic or whatever) it clearly states (something else).

The Pink Five trilogy is based on the original Star Wars film trilogy (some of you may think of them as Episodes IV-VI).

Anything from the "Expanded Universe" of Star Wars novels, games, comics, cartoons and so on, we cheerfully ignore.

Will Return of Pink Five Volume Three be the last one in the series?

Yes.

So will there be another Pink Five trilogy based on Episodes I - III?

No.

Aww, really?

Really.

Oh, come on. Please?

Seriously, stop it. You're embarrassing yourself.