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The Star Wars fandom never ceases to amaze us. The creativity that comes from this fandom is so inspiring. In today’s episode, we speak to fan film creator Raymond Montemayor. He has created an award-winning fan film series called Star Wars Toy Stories.
On This Episode:
Welcome to the Temple of Geek Podcast. If this is your first time tuning into our podcast, then welcome! The Temple of Geek Podcast has been around since 2012. It is hosted by a diverse group of geeks who take turns geeking out about all aspects of geek culture!
His latest fan film, STAR WARS: THE TOYS AWAKEN, won Best Stop Motion and Spirit of Fandom at the STAR WARS FAN AWARDS 2018. He discusses with us how he became a fan film creator, his love of Star Wars and both the challenges and upside of bringing his ideas to life.
Star Wars: A Toy Story (2015), was a finalist and nominated for Best Visual Effects at Lucasfilm’s 2015 Star Wars Fan Film Awards. Our second film, The Rogue One: A Star Wars Toy Story (2016), was produced for Lucasfilm’s #GoRogue contest. Our three films have garnered 26 awards from 80+ film festivals across the US and overseas.
About Our Guest:
Raymond Montemayor was an electric engineer who made the jump to becoming a motion graphics designer. He is currently creating amazing Star Wars fan art and using that art to raise funds for charities like Make-A-Wish Foundation and Starlight Children’s Foundation. You can also check him out below where he was interviewed on The Star Wars Show LIVE! at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019.
You can follow his projects through his website http://starwars.pixelplex.com/ or on his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/StarWarsToyStories. You can even follow him on Instagram and Twitter below! Don’t forget to check out his Youtube channel as well!
Last month #StarWars: #TheToysAwaken screened at the @NFMLA #FilmFestival. I got to sit down with @DannyDeLillo for an interview for Stage 5, a monthly series they produce in partnership with @moviemakermag. I discuss our fan films and what's next.https://t.co/r6nclOFnOb
— Star Wars Toy Stories (@SWToyStories) November 20, 2019
About Our Host:
Monica is the current host of the Temple of Geek Podcast. She is a cosplay photographer and writer for the fashion column Temple of Geek Chic. Her fandoms include Doctor Who, Star Wars, Marvel and recently the Umbrella Academy. She can usually be found around the Southern California pop culture and comic book convention scene. You can check out some of her work here: https://templeofgeek.com/author/monica/
Podcast Edited by Danniel Slade
