A FORMER EastEnders and Doctors scriptwriter has written and directed a spoof trailer which merges two of his favourite films - Star Wars and Kes.
Barnsley doubles as a 'galaxy far, far away' in the trailer for parody 'Ken Loach's Star Wars' written and directed by Nick Reed.
It recreates some of the most famous scenes from Kes, including Casper swinging on the goalposts at school, and training his kestrel (which is replaced by the spaceship Millennium Falcon).
"We did it just because we wanted to really," said Nick, 54, who lives in London but still has family in Barnsley.
The trailer has had almost 50,000 hits on YouTube.
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