Baylan Skoll
Played by Tristan Pretty
A Jedi who survived Order 66 and has stopped believing in the Order that trained him. Years before he crosses paths with Ahsoka Tano, he is a man in hiding, and done with the Force. Until it finds him.
A Star Wars fan film · Before Ahsoka · Filming October 2026
The Price of Freedom
66 reasons to hide. 1 reason to rise.
A long time ago, in a forest not far from here…
The Price of Freedom
It is a dark time for the Jedi. Order 66 has turned the clone army against them, and the few who survived are scattered across the galaxy, hunted and in hiding.
BAYLAN SKOLL has walked away from the Order, from the war, and from the Force itself. He wants only to disappear.
But deep in a forest on a quiet world, he feels something he has not felt in years: a vergence in the Force. Someone is near. Someone who is also hiding.
Before Ahsoka
Where it began
Fans met Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati in Ahsoka. The Price of Freedom goes back to the dark years after Order 66, to a Jedi in hiding and a girl with nowhere left to run.
Shin Hati
Played by Willow
Young, frightened, and far stronger than she knows. Long before she carries a lightsaber of her own, Shin is the one who is hiding.
Jeyin Hati
Played by Sally Guinness
Shin's mother. Every story about where Shin came from starts with her, and she's played by the granddaughter of Sir Alec Guinness, the original Obi-Wan.
The Force runs in the family
A Guinness returns to the galaxy
In 1977, Sir Alec Guinness became Obi-Wan Kenobi and gave the world “use the Force”. Nearly fifty years on, his granddaughter Sally Guinness steps into a galaxy far, far away herself.
Sally plays Jeyin Hati, the mother of Shin, in The Price of Freedom. It isn't her first brush with Star Wars: she had a cameo in The Rise of Skywalker, and has worked on Killing Eve and Extraordinary.
She's a studio potter, a gardener and a horse rider too. And now, a Hati.
Where we are
- DevelopmentScript, cast and crew
- Pre-productionLocations, costumes, props, schedule
- FilmingLate October 2026We are here
- Post-productionEditing, VFX, sound
- ReleaseOnline, free to watch
The teasers
All the videos, and the score · The full trailer: coming after the shoot.
Stills
The film
The Price of Freedom is an independent, non-profit Star Wars fan film made in the UK. It is an origin story for Baylan Skoll, set in the dark years after Order 66, and the first part of a planned three-part story.
It has been in development for more than a year, paid for by the team so far. The cast and crew mix working professionals with young talent the production is mentoring, and the film is made by people: no AI is used to write, cast or create it.
Expect characters with real loss behind them, plenty of action and adventure, and a lightsaber or two.
From the VFX team · no AI
Meet the Akk dog
Not a stock asset and not an AI generation: the Akk dog is our VFX team's own take on a Star Wars creature never before seen in live action.
The creature designers studied comics, books and games, and animals here on Earth, to work out how it moves and how it looks, then built and animated it by hand.
Props and armour by 3D Excellence
Every prop and piece of armour, made by us
No studio warehouse, no rented props. Every blaster, hilt and piece of armour in The Price of Freedom is designed and made in house, in association with 3D Excellence, a 3D printing studio on the Dorset coast.
Parts are designed digitally, printed in FDM and resin (SLA), then sanded, primed, painted and weathered by hand until they look like they've survived a war. Our producer and props master, Neil Taylor, leads the work.
- 1 Printed and assembled
- 2 Primed
- 3 Painted and weathered
Need something made? 3D Excellence prints prototypes, custom parts and small runs for makers, film-makers and fans across the UK.
The creators behind the buzz
Friends of the film
Lightsaber Brit
Puts a light-hearted spin on lightsaber spinning: tricks, the seven forms and flow, step by step.
Jacks Room
Movie nights with Ambilight, a Star Wars collection and 3D-printed projects, all from one bedroom. 28k followers on TikTok.
Learning to Sam
Sam is a UK digital creator: Star Wars, Pokémon, Nintendo and Disney, and autism advocacy.
All Sabers
Canadian and UK lightsaber makers: durable sabers, monthly giveaways and fan collaborations. All sabers for all fans.
Made possible by
Our partners
Production planning
StoodioHub
The app we plan the whole shoot in.
Props and armour
3D Excellence
Every prop and piece of armour, 3D printed and finished by hand.
Direction and production
Studio 1285
Danny Szam
Danny Szam's production company: short films, showreels and creative projects.
Photography
This Light Is Mine
James Gardner
Stills and behind-the-scenes photography.
The cast
- Sally GuinnessJeyin Hati
Tristan PrettyBaylan Skoll
Aisling TaraVala
Dominic QuinnNyx
Zach DulinKrellis
Ling LiuCaptain Jasu
Freya SimmondsReya Fenn
Planned with StoodioHub
How a fan film runs like a studio
14 actors, a crew of 32 across directing, camera, sound, costume, VFX and props, and a forest to find. We plan all of it in StoodioHub: the script, the schedule, the call sheets, the locations, and the photos from set that end up in our diary.
The shoot diary, by email
Join the rebellion
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