The Dark Redemption is a Star Wars fanfilm written by Dwight Steven-Boniecki, Derek Curtis, Warren Duxbury, and directed by Peter Mether, and originally released in 1999.Set just before the events of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the film tells of how Mara Jade (a character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe) worked with other Rebels to capture the plans for the first Death Star.