The Padawan III is here!

Its finally here. The Padawan III was released on YouTube at 7pm, 4th May 2017 working really well with Star Wars Day #Maythefourthbewithyou



Part 1 was uploaded at 7pm with Part 2 at 8pm. The reason for it being cut in half was to avoid copyright problems.


Now that the movie is out on YouTube, MB & Homeland will stop Star Wars and focus on Political Rage which is the next show to come out. August 2017 Season 2 will be released. Then the Doctor Who Movie will come out on the 23rd November 2017.

24/7 Editing on Star Wars The Padawan III

After having another small premier. The gang came up with a brand new three page list of things to edit on the film. This means that the 8% left that we mentioned in the last blog post was inaccurate. The new list has revealed that we have 12% of the film to edit. Now two weeks later since the premier, we've cut that in half with only 5.9% of the film left to edit with one month to go.

Mark Bray recording dialogue
for The Padawan III

We have voices to record, lightsabers to edit and sound effects to add. Then the film should be done. Only problem is lightsabers take a long time to edit, making them frame by frame using a plane layer.
This means editing 1 second with 1 lightsaber is 30 frames which takes about 10 minutes. Having two lightsabers for a 2 minute duel takes days.

Mark discussing plans with the crew

We have set a deadline to get everything done and that's the 18th April. This gives us time to get a real premier together to show friends and family. Also it allows us to get other videos ready such as Outtakes and Behind The Scenes.

Editing on Star Wars The Padawan III is nearly finished

Editing on the movie began on the 21st February 2015 making the opening credits and pan down. Several small shots were edited from 2nd May 2014 to 5th January 2016. Editing on actual footage began on the 18th February 2016.

The first footage edited by MB & Homeland
[From Left] Will Britton & Mark Bray

Since February 2016, we've been editing small bits as filming went by. Now the re-shoots are done and all the footage is filmed, we are now editing 24/7.

Jordan Crowther-Russell editing lightsabers frame by frame 

A recently calculation showed that 92% of the film has been edited leaving just 8% left. Only 7 minutes and 6 seconds out of 1 hour and 18 minutes are left to edit. Mostly being lightsaber frame by frame editing, but also a few other audio and 3D model clips to be done. MB & Homeland to get editing done by April 1st.

Mark Bray watching as footage
exports in the background

The film will be released on the 4th May at youtube,com/MBHomeland

Re-shoots are done on Star Wars The Padawan III.

Filming has wrapped on Star Wars FanFilm The Padawan III. The last few re-shoots took place today from 2pm til 5pm.

[From left] Samuel Moore, Tom Skinner & Mark Bray

The film is now going through full editing. It will be looked at every week by a selected bunch to analysed the film and make it the best it can possibly be. The film will be released the 4th May 2017.

Official Poster featuring Mark Bray, Tom Ford
Harri Thompson, Tom Skinner, Samuel Moore
& Jordan Crowther-Russell

A IMDb page has been created for the film with a full cast list a running time. This also has a link to several cast members as well as other projects done by MB & Homeland such as Political Rage & Doctor Who.

A brand new trailer also came out last week. The trailer features several new clips and dialogue.

More information has been released to do with the cast list

The Boy: Mark Bray

Cardell Greed: Tom Ford

Henri Endocott: Jordan Crowther-Russell

Jaz Valorum: Harri Thompson

Theo Kay: Mark Bray

Como Smit: Tom Skinner

Darth Vader: Will Britton

Darth Vader Voice: Ephraim Sampson
Boba Fett: Tom Skinner

Captain Daniels: Mark Gunning

Captain Thomas Valorum: Samuel Moore

Captain Solace: Graham Bray

Bo Kit: Colin Bray

Saidi Daniels: Brandon Messer

Voices: Aaron Hooper, Samuel Moore & Will Britton
Imperials & Stormtroopers: Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Samuel Moore, Tom Ford & Tom Skinner

Re-shooting begins 14th February on Star Wars The Padawan III

We recent held a small premier of the unfinished Star Wars film and got a lot of  feedback. The feedback we got was great help but does mean re-shoots will take place which could delay the films release.

Tom Skinner & Mark Bray
Acting in Star Wars The Padawan III

The re-shoots will begin on the 14th February and hopefully will be done by the beginning of March. A total of 3 pages will be re-filmed in the hopes to make a better movie. At the moment the film is scheduled for release on the 4th May 2017. Mark Bray fears that the film could be delay by 7 months, bringing out in December instead of May.

Non stop editing will be taking place from the 6th to the 8th February to get as much done as we can in the hopes that when re-shoots do take place, most of the film will already been done.

The big problem with the film at the moment is the opening and ending aren't very strong. the middle is perfect but we need to work on the opening more, the ending at the moment is very blurry as we have different ideas how it should end. The film might be shortened by removing the ending and having it finish earlier on which is much stronger, we are currently in debate as what to do.

Jordan Crowther-Russell, Samuel Moore
& Tom Skinner watching the film
Premier 4th February 2017

Filming Wraps On Star Wars & A Brand New Trailer

Filming has finally wrapped on our up and coming Star Wars FanFilm. We finished filming on the 29th December at 3pm. There will be a few more filming get togethers but only to fill in gaps and re-film a few things.

[From Left] Tom Ford, Mark Bray
& Harri Thompson

There are a total of 3 pages left to film out of 97 so only the odd gap or two needs filling. This means editing can continue full time, A few things have already been edited but now we can focus 90% into editing whilst re-filming takes place, then afterwards we can focus 100%.

The movie has a current running time of 1 hour and 13 minutes.
Once the last 3 pages are finished and the end credits are put on the end, the film will probably be an hour and 20/25 minutes long.

We also received a brand new trailer January 1st on the YouTube Channel. This trailer featured several new characters and for the first time included dialogue,


From the last trailer we learnt about The Boy & Theo Kay would be returning from the previous Padawan films. In this trailer we found out Como Smit will also be returning played by Tom Skinner.

We also learnt about Jaz who is looking for her brother, he was taken from her family when she was three, she wants to find him and get him back.

Tom Skinner as Como Smit

A lot of the characters in the trailer we saw in the last one, but there are some new faces:

• One Stormtrooper wears a long black cape and speaks with Henri in the trailer. 
• Henri also aims his gun at someone out of shot, Who could it be?
• Henri speaks to a man behind a mask saying he recognises him from somewhere.
• More imperials appear in the trailer and a brief appearance from Boba Fett. 

Darth Vader isn't seen much in this trailer compared to the last one, but does appear at the very end with the one of the unnamed characters we spoke of in an old blog post

[From Left] Graham Bray, Samuel Moore & Colin Bray
Playing Imperials

Here is an updated version of the cast list that we know so far:
The Boy: Mark Bray
Cardell: Tom Ford
Jaz: Harri Thompson
Henri: Jordan Crowther-Russell
Como Smit: Tom Skinner
Theo Kay: Mark Bray
Darth Vader: Will Britton
Boba Fett: Tom Skinner
Darth Motalao: Samuel Moore
Kilt Potmonkay: Tom Skinner
Unnamed Character: Graham Bray
Unnamed Character: Colin Bray
Stormtrooper With Cape: UNKNOWN
Person Behind Mask: UNKNOWN
Person Henri Aims At: UNKNOWN
Imperials & Stormtroopers: Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Samuel Moore, Tom Ford & Tom Skinner

The official cast list is likely to be revealed soon. Another trailer will most like happen either next month or in March.

Filming Nearly Done On Star Wars The Padawan III 'Darkness Of The Republic'

As of the 22nd December, MB & Homeland have held 19 filming get togethers on Star Wars The Padawan III, and have stacked up over an hour of footage for the movie. A total of 81 out of the 94 pages in the script have been completed with just 13 more to do.

Henri & Two Imperials
[From Left] Samuel Moore, Colin Bray
& Jordan Crowther-Russell

MB & Homeland will be holding 2 more filming days between the 29th December 2016 and the 7th January 2017 to complete the last 13 pages. With editing 25% done, it looks like the film will be out for the 4th May 2017 and won't be delayed as Mark feared.

Darth Vader
Played by Samuel Moore

MB & Homeland originally had plans to not release another trailer until February 2017, but it looks like they could be bringing one out as early as 1st January 2017. This trailer would reveal the other main characters that we have not seen yet, and will give us dialogue [unlike the first trailer] with a clearer understanding of the plot.

Filming Wraps With Darth Vader On Star Wars The Padawan III

All of Darth Vader's takes are officially done for the next Star Wars FanFilm to hit MB & Homeland's YouTube channel on the 4th May 2017. Filming with the character begun on 18th February and finished 24th November 2016. Darth Vader is not the main villain of the film but does have a good amount of screen time in the movie. However filming has not finished completely on the movie, the movie will hopefully be finished by the end of December, with post production beginning after Christmas through till Spring 2017.

[Far Left] Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri
And Tom Ford acting as Darth Vader

It took a told of three actors to bring Darth Vader to life.

The three actors are:
Will Britton as the physicality
Samuel Moore as the stunt double
And Tom Ford as the body double.

Another actor will provide the voice [This actor has yet to be announced]

[Far Left] Samuel Moore acting as Darth Vader
 Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri

Star Wars Darkness Of The Republic is a new adventure in 'The Padawan' Series, this new story takes place between The Empire Strikes Back & Return Of The Jedi. The film follows The Boy, a man with no past. As he searches for his true identity, he means a various of friends and foes. The film is scheduled to be released on the 4th May 2017 at youtube.com/MBHomeland

[Far Left] Jordan Crowther -Russell acting as Henri
Samuel Moore acting as Darth Vader

A Trailer was released in August 216

Next Star Wars FanFilm The Padawan III Trailer Release Date

In August we uploaded a trailer for our new Star Wars FanFilm, we got a lot of feedback on it and a lot of people seemed to enjoy it. A few people did say that it was a shame that there wasn't much action in the trailer, a lot of it was just people standing around or walking.

This is mainly because editing has only just begun and very few special effects have been added yet. Lightsaber effects can take up to 2 months to edit together. Plus a lot of the stuff you see in the trailer isn't even finalised, for example the scene where you see the star destroyers flying away from the camera, that scene has been edited a least 10 times since we uploaded that trailer in fact the exhaust colour has changed from red to blue to fit in with canon.

We've also not finished filming yet, so there is a lot still to come.

Recently edited Star Destroyer exhaust

Mark Bray recently said that another trailer won't come out until February, nearly 5 months since the first trailer was released. Mark hasn't decided a release day just yet but its most likely going to be the middle of February.

Loads of editing has going into the new Star Wars film. Mark responded to a comment under the August Trailer saying "We are putting more effort into this movie than any other film we've ever made before"

Some recently edited footage
[From The Left] Tom Ford, Graham Bray & Mark Bray

A small premier took place on 24th October just for members of MB & Homeland.
Colin Bray, Graham Bray, Jordan Crowther-Russell, Mark Bray, Samuel Moore & Tom Skinner sat down to watch the unfinished film to give feedback on sound and footage quality. They all agreed the plot is the best thing they've ever created at MB & Homeland, now the important thing is making sure its clear so that everyone can understand it.

No new characters have been announced but Mark assures us that in the next trailer you'll get to see several new characters and you'll see the other two main characters.

Mark Bray did announced that four characters from the original trilogy will be appearing in the Star Wars FanFilm. We've already seen Vader but who are the other three? I guess we'll have to wait and see

Star Wars FanFilm The Padawan III 'Darkness Of The Republic' Information

At last, we received a trailer for the new up and coming Star Wars FanFilm titled 'Darkness Of The Republic', It is the third film in The Padawan Trilogy and it is unknown whether any more Star Wars FanFilms will be made by MB & Homeland.

Here is the brand new trailer:

In the trailer, it features several clips of different planets and clips of the main characters.
Returning in this movie is The Boy, the main character from both The Padawan films. He is joined by his Jedi Master Theo Kay who too appeared in The Padawan I & II.

Jedi Master Theo Kay
Portrayed by Mark Bray

The trailer features two new main characters, Cardell who is friends with The Boy. and Henri who is an Imperial working for The Empire and the movies main villain.

Imperial Officer Henri
Portrayed by Jordan Crowther-Russell

 According to MB & Homeland there are 6 main characters, 4 of which appear in this trailer. But who are the other two? I guess we'll have to wait to find out in the next trailer.

Several Stormtroopers & Imperials appear in the trailer, as well as Darth Vader himself. MB & Homeland have said that even though Vader appears, he does not play a major part in the story and is not the main villain. Two Sith also appear in the trailer from the previous Padawan films. Darth Motalao & Kilt Potmonkay.

Darth Vader
Portrayed by Will Britton

In this trailer, it features several different locations. MB & Homeland have revealed the names of these locations and what the planets are called.

The trailer features a forest planet which is called Jogana. Its neighbouring world is a rocky mountain planet called Riano. The snowy planet featured in the trailer is called Iris.

The Boy on the planet Iris
Filmed on the Cairngorm mountain, Scotland

According to MB & Homeland there will be 5 planets featured in the movie. 3 of which we know of, the other two are unknown yet but MB & Homeland did reveal that one is from the Prequels, the other from the Original Trilogy.

The snow planet was filmed in Aviemore, Scotland on the Cairngorm mountain back in February 2016. Mark Bray said "The best part of filming was the local hikers walking past us and saying 'May The Force Be With You' It was very cold but the end result is incredible"

The trailer does feature two unnamed characters, One portrayed by Graham Bray & the other by Colin Bray.
Apart from those two, everyone featured in the trailer we have a name and information about.

Cardell alongside one of the unnamed character
Portrayed by Tom Ford & Graham Bray

The unnamed character
Portrayed by Colin Bray

Here is the cast list that we know so far:
The Boy: Mark Bray
Cardell: Tom Ford
Henri: Jordan Crowther-Russell
Theo Kay: Mark Bray
Darth Vader: Will Britton
Darth Motalao: Samuel Moore
Kilt Potmonkay: Tom Skinner
Unnamed Character: Graham Bray
Unnamed Character: Colin Bray

Filming 12/03/16 Star Wars The Padawan III

On the 12th March we filmed our new Star Wars film. This will be the third instalment of The Padawan Series. The first Padawan movie came out in 2012 and was uploaded to YouTube in 2015. The second Padawan movie was made in 2013 and is going to be uploaded in May 2016.

Franki Lang, Tom Ford & Mark Bray
12th March 2016 

Filming began 18th February in Aviemore, Scotland. Travelling to the Cairngorm Mountain to film

Mark Bray & Will Britton
18th February 2016

The Cast:
Mark Bray
Tom Ford
Jordan Crowther-Russell
Harri Thompson
Tom Skinner
Tom Ford
Will Britton
Graham Bray
Samuel Moore
Brandon Messer
Franki Lang
Colin Bray

The movie is scheduled to be released sometime in May 2017.

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Current Plans & Future Projects

At the moment at MB & Homeland we are currently putting together a short series of 7 Episodes of Doctor Who. We are releasing 5 of those 7 episodes from 11th July - 8th August this year. The other 2 will come out Christmas Day 2015 and New Years Day 2016.

3D Model Dalek
Edited By Mark Bray

We hope this year to start filming a new series called 'Political Rage' which we hope will come out Autumn 2016. This series will start Graham Bray, Samuel Moore & Mark Bray. Filming is scheduled to begin on 'Political Rage' Sunday 31st May 2015.

Screenshot From A Short Teaser Trailer
Going On YouTube In June 2015

We are also hoping to start remastering our second Star Wars movie. We recently remastered our 2012 Star Wars fan film 'The Padawan' by adding new sound effects, filters, soundtrack, lightsaber special effects and many more. We are also planning on remastered our second Star Wars fan film 2013 'The Padawan II The Return' by adding the same stuff. Remastering will hopefully begin in August and 'Star Wars The Padawan II The Return Remastered' should hopefully be going on YouTube in May 2016. A trailer will be going online in January 2016

Screenshot From 'Star Wars The Padawan II The Return 2013'
(From Left) Samuel Moore, Tom Skinner & Mark Bray

Still talking about Star Wars, we are planning on filming a third Star Wars fan film; starting early next year, and it is called 'Darkness Of The Republic', It will go online in May 2017.

Screenshot From The First Test Credits
For Star Wars 'Darkness Of The Republic'

We are hoping to start filming our own original movie late June. This movie is yet to be named. We originally began filming it in February 2013 before it was cancelled. The original name was 'Doors The Movie'. We are thinking of changing the name from 'Doors' to something else. We did plan on bringing out this movie in December 2015 before it was cancelled for a second time. Now we are bringing it back again for a third time. This time it won't come out until February/March 2016 and is yet to be named.

Screenshot from old footage, filming of 'Doors'
back on the 27th February 2013
(The same day it was cancelled)

Nothing has been confirmed about this yet but we are hoping at some point in the near future to bring out our own James Bond fan film. From Thursday 10th January - Thursday 7th March 2013. Mark Bray wrote a James Bond script called 'Daybringer'. A cast list for this film has yet to be released but it is believed that either Tom Skinner will be playing James Bond or new member Aaron Hooper. These are just rumours. This film will probably come out late 2016, early 2017.

Screenshot From Doctor Who 'Onwards & Upwards' 2014 Fan Film
Tom Skinner who is most likely to play James Bond next year

We are slowly getting episodes together for the next series of Doctor Who. We are currently filming our second series and are slowly putting plans together for our third series which will come out Summer 2016. We don't know yet if Samuel Moore will stay on for a second series or get replaced by someone else. The most likely people to replace Samuel Moore are Tom Skinner, Aaron Hooper or Graham Bray. Filming on Series 3 will take place later this year.

Possible intro logo for series 3 created
by Mark Bray back in February 2015

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Written by: Mark Bray