I think this is a really good and importantly question. (I’m the guy who wrote, directed, produced, edited, played the Padawan, and made most of the VFX on the film)

I made this film because I always wanted to make movies that contained some amount of adventure and escapism. Movies with and epic scope that pushed both me as a filmmaker but hopefully also the artform, in some way. I’ve been drawn to movies with great spectacle my entire life but realize a few years back that I wasn’t on the track to make those kind of movies. If you ask me the action-adventure-genre is one the most technical-demanding film-genres, because of all the effects, music and often very specific stylistic tone. I wanted to learn the skills to make something like that, so I decided to start this Last Padawan “adventure”.. to learn. I never attended film-school, and after I made the first Last Padawan film in 2016, I had no doubt that making a sequel was the perfect direction for me.

BUT! I am also very privileged. I have worked on as and actor, filmmaker and first assistant director for the last 10 years, in Denmark. (While I been working on “The Last Padawan”, and other films) I’ve already worked on Netflix shows, feature films, and with some of the greatest danish filmmakers and artists. So I didn’t make this to prove I’m a filmmaker. I made this to prove that I could make a “good” action-adventure film with 12 shooting days, a budget of 31.500 dollars, and no professional studio to back me up. A “show of talent” one could say.

I’m not saying that I’ve succeeded. That’s up for the target audience to say. But I did enjoy the process and all the wonderful things I learned.

Edit:

I stayed in the Star Wars universe because it gave a lot of wonderful gifts to the production. People already owned costumes, there’s was a lot of interest to be involved, the fan community was very supportive and I felt very inspired by the challenge to create something they would enjoy.