I.M.P.S.: The Relentless
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I.M.P.S.: The Relentless is a fan film that made its debut on the internet in 2005, created by fans of the Star Wars franchise. I.M.P.S. (Imperial Military Personnel Stories) aims to show "the best damn job in the galaxy", that of serving on the Revenge-class Star Destroyer Relentless as it goes on patrols and missions. The series is divided into chapters, with only one released to date.
After the popularity of the fan film TROOPS, members of the original cast and crew began work on a sequel. I.M.P.S. took on a more serious tone, similar to documentaries about Naval Aircraft Carriers, their battle groups, crews and missions. While no longer a specific parody like TROOPS, the film does have some humor and homages to a variety of other popular films. I.M.P.S. boasts very high production values, original music and professional visual effects.
Production began in April 1999 on a glacier at the top of Mount Shasta in Siskiyou County, California, while post production has continued through 2005. Most of the sets were built in a 400 square-foot garage in Glendale, California.
The fan-made series was created by Eric Hilleary, Dave Max, Caleb Skinner, Nathan Pata, Pete Evans, Dave Marshall, Bill Hay and Andy Garfield. Hilleary, Max and Skinner constructed all the armor and appeared as Troopers in TROOPS. The first episode of the multi-chapter story was released on May 18, 2005, after being delayed twice for editing and sound remixing.
The Relentless is a Revenge-class Star Destroyer which is on patrol near the Outer Rim with its fleet. It is mentioned in the film that the fleet's duties included forcing peace and restoring order to hundreds of star systems in a sector of the Galaxy.
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[edit] Chapters
[edit] Chapter 1—Davenport Gateway
The Relentless is introduced, and viewers join a patrol squad on their final assignment for the day. These are the soldiers tasked with cleaning up the dark streets and dangerous corridors of Davenport Gateway. Chapter 1 was released in May 2005, and runs approximately 21 minutes.
[edit] Chapter 2—Norca System
"Still alive", as of March 2007.
Remaining chapters were to be released every four to six weeks later, but as of July 2008, no others have yet been released. On September 2007, they updated their website announcing that Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 will be released near the same day which explains the late release of Chapter 2. However no confirmed dates have been posted yet.
[edit] Characters
- Alien 1
- Biker scout 1
- Biker scout 2
- Biker scout 3
- Boba Fett
- AT-ST Driver 1
- Kubaz
- Predator 1
- Predator 2
- Rail-Runner Squad, 432nd Urban Overwatch Div.
- AK-117 (Corp. Devaun Lei-Lane)
- AK-185 (Mentioned only)
- AK-42
- AK-52278 (Sgt. Xaun Kaletka)
- AK-826
- AK-834
- wolf-like critter
[edit] Locations
- Davenport Gateway system
- Davenport Gateway (planet)
- Restricted Imperial Abyssal Zone (somewhere outside The Galaxy)
[edit] Ships
- Relentless - Revenge-class heavy carrier (fanon)
- Unknown type of small star destroyers (fanon)
- Imperial I-class Star Destroyer
- Shuttle 2249-Echo - Lambda-class T-4a shuttle
- Sentinel-class landing craft
- TIE/ln starfighter
- TIE/In interceptor
- TIE/sa bomber
- YT-1300 light freighter
- CR90 corvette
- E-wing escort starfighter
- Numerous other unknown ship designs (fanon)
