Search your feelings, you know you've always wanted a different, even cooler Star Wars opening credit scene -- and now we have one.
New York-based School Of Visual Arts motion design student Kurt Rauffer took what is arguably the best of the Star Wars franchise, The Empire Strikes Back, and gave it a title sequence that is immediately evocative of the slick, design heavy James Bond opening title sequences we know and love.
Does it work? Absolutely.
In fact, you'll probably need to watch it a few times to catch all the references the video makes to plot points in the film. But the coolest part is the beginning, when Rauffer takes us to the ice planet of Hoth and then plunges us inside Luke Skywalker's lightsaber. All this and Rauffer has the brilliant idea of using the Radiohead track rejected from the latest Bond film Spectre. The result is stirring and delivers a completely fresh take on entering the Star Wars universe.
Sure, it's missing the familiar opening text crawl Star Wars fans crave, but now that we're moving into franchise spin-offs like Rogue One (which has, you guessed it, spies!), it might be time to consider something a little different, and something like this could be perfect.
