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6	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/REVELATIONS_POSTER_WEB_SMAL.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:300:'''Cade:''' "She killed every Jedi you brought to her!"\
8	'''Taryn:''' "I know."]]
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10	[[center:[[AC:Seers once shaped the path of the\
11	Jedi Order. But their visions grew unreliable\
12	and the Jedi came to distrust those with\
13	the ability. Seers hid their visions or\
14	left the Order forever.\
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16	In the wake of the Temple's destruction\
17	a power struggle has emerged between\
18	Darth Vader, the dark Lord of the Sith, and\
19	Zhanna, The Emperor's Hand. Each seeks\
20	to eliminate the last of the Jedi and\
21	gain The Emperor's favor.\
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23	Caught between them is one woman\
24	who cannot deny the truth of her visions\
25	as all race to possess an ancient\
26	Jedi secret.]]]]
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28	''Revelations'' is a FanFilm set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe, produced by [[http://www.panicstruckpro.com Panic Struck Studios]] and directed by Shane Felux.
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30	Set some time after [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]] (but filmed and released prior to it), ''Revelations'' follows Taryn Anwar, a former Jedi "Seer" (a Jedi who specializes in visions and prophecies), as she attempts to consolidate any surviving Jedi Knights as well as separate herself from Zhanna, the Emperor's Hand, who was secretly using Taryn to hunt down and kill the Jedi. Taryn, her [[LovableRogue smuggler friend]] Declan and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork reluctant partner]] Cade are racing against Zhanna and TheEmpire to recover a long-lost [[MacGuffin "artifact"]] which could aid both sides in their respective agendas, with the fate of the Jedi remnant hanging in the balance.
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32	''Revelations'', as a FanFilm, was much more ambitious than most ''Star Wars'' fan films. It runs a full 40 minutes (as opposed to the more common 5-10 minute fan film runtime) and has an actual story rather than an ExcusePlot. It even has some locational shooting (in particular, a rock quarry, a museum and a state park's underground grotto) in addition to the ChromaKey sets more typical of the ''Star Wars'' prequels.
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34	The film is free to download and distribute, and can be found [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110805093045/http://www.panicstruckpro.com/revelations/revelations_movie.html right here]].
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37	!!This fanfilm provides examples of:
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39	* TheAtoner: Taryn desperately wants to retrieve/protect the [[spoiler:Jedi tracking software]] from Zhanna, to make up for leading her to hidden Jedi (whom Zhanna then killed). It takes Cade, of all people, to talk Taryn down: "You '''haven't''' failed."
40	* BarBrawl: Taryn and Declan use one to evade arrest by a group of Stormtroopers. It helps that the place they're in (a bar in Coronet, Corellia) is not exactly friendly toward the Empire.
41	%%* BrokenBird: Taryn
42	* CataclysmClimax: Out of nowhere, the Jedi temple which serves as the setting for the film's finale starts caving in.
43	* ChromaKey: used to create most of the sets; but there were a few practical sets and locations as well.
44	* CoDragons: Vader and Zhanna. Technically, they're [[TheRival rivals]], and work together only once.
45	%%* CoolShip: the ''Cougar''
46	* DecoyProtagonist: As Zhanna says to [[spoiler:Taryn]], "It takes a Seer of great ability to activate this chamber... and that's not you."
47	* DesignatedGirlFight: Taryn vs Zhanna. Justified because ItsPersonal.
48	* DestinationDefenestration: Taryn and Declan escape the BarBrawl in this manner.
49	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Raux Anwar]] sacrifices herself to save Cade, but it turns out she was captured rather than killed.
50	* DoomedByCanon: Sorry, Taryn, you won't be able to protect all those Jedi; [[spoiler:Darth Vader ends up in possession of the [[OmniscientDatabase Jedi-tracking software]]]].
51	* DualWielding: both Taryn and Zhanna do this during their climactic dual. Taryn uses two standard lightsabers; Zhanna uses one regular and one ''shoto'' saber.
52	* TheEmperor: makes [[TheCameo a cameo]].
53	* EpicMovie: The entire project was an attempt to create a film with the look of a Hollywood blockbuster but without the budget.
54	* EvilOrphan: Ssssort of; Zhanna has a group of henchmen who turned to evil after being rejected by the Jedi Order (for whatever reason).
55	* EvilOverlooker: Zhanna, as seen in the poster above.
56	* {{Expy}}:
57	** The Corellian city Coronet is clearly modelled after [[BigApplesauce New York City]], including a Central Park.
58	** Zhanna is a prototype [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Emperor's Hand]], right down to the [[EvilRedhead red hair]][[note]]although her hair is really pretty dark[[/note]].
59	** Declan is a substitute Han Solo. Hardly surprising, considering how very many {{Lovable Rogue}}s there are in the ''Star Wars'' galaxy.
60	* FalseFriend: Zhanna pretended to want to help Taryn rebuild the Jedi Order by tracking down surviving Jedi; in truth, she was murdering them as Taryn found them.
61	* HeartbrokenBadass: Cade seems at first to be just bitter and resentful, but we soon learn he was in love with Raux.
62	* HeroicSacrifice: In a flashback, Raux holds off a squad of stormtroopers so that Cade can escape.
63	* KarmaHoudini: Zhanna is disarmed during her duel with Taryn; but before Taryn can exact her vengeance the CataclysmClimax occurs and Zhanna escapes in the chaos. Subverted when Zhanna brings the tracking software to Darth Vader and [[spoiler:he strangles her in gratitude]].
64	%%* KickTheDog: "Try not to bruise her too much."
65	%%* LovableRogue: Declan
66	* MacGuffinGirl: [[spoiler:Raux Anwar]] is the Jedi seer who can activate the software.
67	* OmniscientDatabase: [[spoiler:Every Jedi is electronically tagged and can be tracked with a special computer program]]. The producers freely admit they didn't worry about the practicality of it.
68	* OneWomanWail: seems to be Raux's leitmotif.
69	%%* PimpedOutDress: Zhanna and the Senators/Ambassadors in the Museum scene.
70	* SequelHook: Taryn mentions looking up an [[Film/ANewHope old friend on Tatooine]], and Declan tells her he'll wait for her return on Nar Shadaa.
71	* StuffBlowingUp: A space ChaseScene winds up wrecking a shipyard. [[spoiler:And a Star Destroyer too]].
72	* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Cade and Taryn. Declan stands between them as the [[OnlySaneMan voice of reason]].
73	* WhatTheHellHero: Cade gives a spectacular verbal smackdown to Taryn for allowing Zhanna to use her to hunt Jedi... or at least it would be, except Taryn [[TheAtoner already realizes this]].
74	* UnwittingPawn: Taryn believed Zhanna was helping to rebuild the Jedi Order; instead, Zhanna was killing the Jedi as Taryn tracked them down.

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