Following our report on the weekend about Star Wars Uncut, the BBC has reported on the crowdsourced film reaching an impressive milestone in a very short space of time.
A “directors cut” of a fan-made version of Star Wars has passed one million views on YouTube.
The film, uploaded on 18 January, is made up of hundreds of 15-second scenes created by internet users.
The Star Wars Uncut project is widely regarded as an example of the power of crowdsourcing.
Ramon Youseph, of the Crowdsourcing Gazette blog, told the BBC it showed “the power of the web to engage people in a global collaborative effort”.
The website starwarsuncut.com began asking for fan-made scenes in 2009. It went on to win an interactive media Emmy in 2010.
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