Luke McCarthy 3.5 years old from Old Youghal Road, Cork City. Image: Gerard McCarty
The last Stormtroopers episode premiered in 2018 and it has earned over 1.3m YouTube views and a number of awards.
In the new Stormtroopers episode, an Imperial Base Station is besieged by battleship attack & haunting PTSD within its ranks.
It stars Carolyn Bracken (You Are Not My Mother; Dublin Murders, Balor Hall, The Gone); Pius McGrath (Foundation, The Gates); Peter Cosgrave (Pilgrimage) & Klancy Casey Williams. It is directed by Micheal Fitzgerald (Home & Away; Game of Thrones; Dublin Murders)
Stormtroopers was filmed in epic locations in Cork, Waterford & Tipperary, including hiking 792m above sea level to film in a dormant volcano in Waterford and diving 30m deep to film underwater in Tipperary.
The Homecoming Screening for ‘Stormtroopers’ a fan film directed by Micheal Fitzgerald, took place at National Space Centre Ltd (NSC) on Saturday night, 15 April 2023.
The NSC’s 32m antenna at Elfordstown Earthstation featured in the film as the base for a platoon of Stormtroopers under attack. Stormtroopers was filmed at various locations including NMCI, National Space Centre in Elfordstown and in Fort Camden.
Stormtroopers premiered in March at Mitchelstown Caves and at Dublin Comic Con and is set to open the open the May The 4th Sci-Fi Film Festival in Portmagee at 7pm on May 4th, where it has received the following nominations:
Stormtroopers Nominations
- Best Irish Short Film
- Best Director – Micheál Fitzgerald
- Best Actress – Carolyn Bracken
- Best Cinematographer – Billy Cummings
- Best Editor – Billy Cummings
- Best Score – Brian Lane
- Best Visual Effects – William Bean
- Best Production Design – Micheál Fitzgerald
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https://www.roguestormtrooper.com/
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