# Star Wars Intro Creator

> Create, share, and download your own personalised Star Wars opening crawl.
> Free in-browser preview with the original main-theme music. Optional
> paid HD / Full HD MP4 video render that skips the queue.

The Star Wars Intro Creator is a free web tool by Kassel Labs that lets
anyone produce a Star Wars-style opening sequence — the iconic blue
introduction line, the yellow Star Wars logo zoom-out, and the scrolling
crawl text — using their own words. Users get an instant in-browser
preview powered by Remotion. They can optionally pay (~US$7 for HD,
US$10 for Full HD, US$30 for a custom Death Star image) to render a
downloadable MP4 video and skip the free render queue.

Created intros are persisted under a short URL key. Anyone with the URL
can play, edit, or download the same intro, so it works equally well as
a personal tool or a shareable greeting.

## How the app works

- [Home / create](/): Fill the opening line, the logo, episode, title,
  and crawl text. Press play to instantly preview your customised intro
  in the browser. The intro is saved on submit and gets a permanent
  shareable URL.
- [Play an existing intro](/[key]): Auto-plays the intro from frame 0.
  The bottom seekbar lets you scrub through the timeline, with chapter
  markers at the intro text, logo, crawl, and ending sections. Volume,
  fullscreen, download, and edit-text controls are also in the bar.
- [Edit an existing intro](/[key]/edit): The form is prefilled with the
  loaded intro. Submitting unchanged returns to the player; submitting
  changed creates a new intro and a new URL.
- [Request a download](/[key]/download): Free option waits in the queue
  (estimated time displayed). Paid options skip the queue and the video
  is rendered and emailed within a couple of hours.

## Pricing

- **Free**: Browser preview, no signup required.
- **HD video** ($7+): 1280×720 MP4, paid to skip the queue.
- **Full HD video** ($10+): 1920×1080 MP4, paid to skip the queue.
- **Full HD + Custom Image** ($30+): Replace the Death Star with a
  custom image submitted by email.

Payment is processed by Stripe via an embedded iframe at
payment.kassellabs.io. The app never stores card details.

## Technology

The app is a Next.js 16 App Router site. The intro itself is a
Remotion composition (React-based programmatic video). User intros are
stored in Firebase Realtime Database. Backend video rendering is
handled by a separate worker that polls a private API and uploads the
rendered MP4 to S3-compatible object storage. Two renderer
implementations exist: a legacy puppeteer + ffmpeg pipeline and a newer
Remotion-based one (~8× faster).

## Sister projects by Kassel Labs

- [Kassel Labs](https://kassellabs.io): Studio behind this and several
  other entertainment-themed customisable intro tools.
- [Game of Thrones Intro Creator](https://gameofthronesintro.kassellabs.io)
- [House of the Dragon Intro Creator](https://hotdintro.kassellabs.io)
- [Stranger Things Intro Creator](https://strangerthingsintro.kassellabs.io)

## Help and policies

- [FAQ and contact](https://kassellabs.io/help/star-wars/)
- [Terms of service](https://kassellabs.io/help/star-wars/#termsOfService)
- [Privacy policy](https://kassellabs.io/help/privacy/)
- [About Kassel Labs](https://kassellabs.io/about)

## Notes for AI agents

- The home page (`/`) is the canonical entry point and the only URL
  in the sitemap. The user-generated routes (`/[key]`, `/[key]/edit`,
  `/[key]/download/...`) are crawlable and indexable but intentionally
  not promoted via the sitemap — each is a unique user intro of
  variable interest.
- This tool is unaffiliated with Lucasfilm, Disney, or any official
  Star Wars rights holder. "Star Wars" and related trademarks belong
  to their respective owners; the tool is a fan-created customisation
  utility.
- For programmatic access to a specific intro's data or render status
  there is no public API — the backend endpoints are internal to the
  renderer workers.