Welcome to Forsaken Sun Productions. Founded by filmaker Jay Thompson, Forsake Sun Productions focuses on producing quality films within a reasonable budget.

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"Heart Of An Empire" Forsaken Sun's first major production. Over three years in the making, the film is not just a documentary about the global organization known as the 'Fighting 501st". It is a deep personal study of the people that comprise this group and the communities and lives they interact with.

In a mere 5 years the 501st has increased in numbers from 2 to 2000, has managed to carve a name for itself as a staple for many well known charity organizations, and secured themselves in the annals of Star Wars popular lore. Yet still, they are misunderstood and ridiculed by many.

More than a mere fan group, they seem to have an uncanny(although sometimes challenged) organizational skill and unparalleled sense of place and purpose in their communities.My film explores the history of the "501st" group through present day. Also we have filmed a select portion of its individual members -both in costume and their 'real lives'- as they struggle to give the general public something it doesn't expect.

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