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Have you ever wanted to star in your own ''Star Wars'' movie? Many people got just that opportunity, participating in a massive online project called "Star Wars: Uncut." The project invited people to film 15-second re-enactments of scenes from the classic 1977 movie by George Lucas. And they did. In droves. Groups of would-be actors filmed the short scenes (participants could choose up to three different scenes to make) and then the creators of ''Star Wars: Uncut'' edited the best submissions together into a full movie. Participants used everything from puppets to animation to cut outs of the actors for their scenes.

The ''Star Wars: Uncut'' interactive project launched in 2009. It is the brainchild of 26-year-old Brooklyn native Casey Pugh, a web developer. Pugh and his team were awarded an Emmy in August of 2010. ''Star Wars: Uncut'' took home a golden statue for "creative achievement in interactive media - fiction."

In an interview with the ''Wall Street Journal,'' Pugh called attending the creative arts Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony "a surreal experience," adding that in his acceptance speech he "said something...like 'I guess the force was with us.'" Pugh told the ''Wall Street Journal'' that the win is "a great sign for Internet video."

LucasFilm, owner of all rights to the ''Star Wars'' franchise, still has to give final approval for the project. Pugh says currently, the project is going through a legal process to become an "actual fan film." For now, the unedited version of ''Star Wars: Uncut'' is available for viewing online. All of the clips are "strung together," but the film does not include background music from the official ''Star Wars'' soundtrack.

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