Line #9 Film/RebelScum


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3	''Rebel Scum'' is a Canadian ''Franchise/StarWars'' FanFilm directed by Timothy Van Nguyen. It was uploaded in 2016 on Website/YouTube by the channel Blood Brother Cinema Co. and can be watched [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiu2Tc2HdLo here]].
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5	A Rebellion pilot is hounded by death from the merciless Empire and a frozen grave, after being left behind during [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack the retreat of the Rebel Alliance from Hoth]].
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7	!!This fan film provides examples of:
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9	* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: The Rebel pilot briefly contemplates killing himself with his blaster before having a much better idea.
10	* DespairEventHorizon: Echo 12 can't even bring himself to finish off the wounded Snowtrooper due to the events of the Battle of Hoth. He seemingly breaks out of it when he realizes there's a way to escape his impending death.
11	* DressingAsTheEnemy: How the Rebel pilot eventually escapes, by switching uniforms with the snowtrooper.
12	* EqualOpportunityEvil: The Empire uses women as snowtroopers.
13	* FakingTheDead: The Rebel pilot fakes death to deceive an Imperial probe droid long enough to grab his blaster and destroy it.
14	* {{Hologram}}: The Rebel pilot has a hologram of his family as TragicKeepsake.
15	* InspirationNod: The short's climax uses music from Music/GustavHolst's ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Planets The Planets]]'', specifically "Mars, the Bringer of War". That orchestral suite had a huge influence on Music/JohnWilliams when he composed the soundtracks for the ''Star Wars'' films. And, of course, it is a PublicDomainSoundtrack, unlike the Williams soundtracks -- most fan film makers avoid using soundtracks from the films lest they want to be sued.
16	* LateToTheTragedy: The Rebel pilot wakes up in the wreckage of his snowspeeder, having been knocked unconscious instead of dying, only to find that the Rebel presence on Hoth is completely gone and the Empire is hunting down any potential stragglers.
17	* NoNameGiven: None of the living characters in the short are given names. The closest thing to a name the Pilot is given is his callsign "Echo 12". The only named character is Echo 12's dead gunner, Lars.
18	* OhCrap: The Snowtrooper freezes dead still when she hears a probe droid's warble and realizes that in stealing her uniform, the rebel pilot put her in ''his.'' She dies too quickly for her to act on this reaction.
19	* SoundOnlyDeath: The Snowtrooper's death only heard as blaster shots in the distance.
20	* SpitefulSpit: The wounded Imperial snowtrooper spits on the Rebel pilot as soon as he takes her helmet off.
21	* StopMotion: Imperial probe droids and [=AT-ATs=] are rendered through stop motion. It was intended as a {{homage}} to the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy's practical effects.
22	* TragicKeepsake: The Rebel pilot looks at the hologram of his wife and daughter with visible sadness, meaning that either he lost them to the Empire or that his missing the evacuation of Hoth means he knows he'll likely never see them again.
23	* YouRebelScum: The snowtrooper mutters "Scum..." to herself while dragging herself through the snow over Echo 12 stealing her uniform and putting her in his.

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