Star Wars fireworks night has quickly become one of the great annual events on the A's calendar. Since 2011, the scruffy-looking nerf-herders of the East Bay gather in the Coliseum for a night of baseball, a momentous and exciting pyrotechnic display, and most importantly, lightsaber bats.
Thankfully, this year was no different. I made this (thoroughly silly) video for the A's using 5 minutes of random highlights provided by the team and clips from the Star Wars films. I even threw in some footage from the Episode 7 teaser trailers. Holler if you hear me, Ball Droid fans!
I also designed these holographic-styled scoreboard animations.
I traveled from LA to Oakland just to enjoy the game and the fireworks show. The game was back-and-forth throughout with an electric and delightfully nerdy atmosphere, big home runs for the A's, and a great diving catch from center fielder Billy Burns leaving fans with a moment they won't soon forget. The night was capped off by bombastic booming pyrospectacular from geniuses at Pyrospectaculars. The A's might not be headed to October this year, but a ticket to an A's game is still a guarantee for a good time.
Oh! And my finished graphics looked, if may be so bold, gorgeous on the A's brand-new Daktronics video boards!
