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E-11: STANDARD ISSUES
Robert Hranitzky's short film parodies unboxing videos from YouTube
For Robert Hranitzky, the Star Wars fan film E-11: Standard Issues was a labour of love. It takes on the form of a YouTube unboxing video, in which stormtrooper TK-421 reveals an exclusive first look and tests out the E-11, the upcoming standardissue blaster rifle for the Galactic Empire's army.
The short parody film was a long-running passion project for Hranitzky, who is a professional designer and also runs his own YouTube channel. “I thought, ‘What if in the universe there were influencers who used propaganda to