8mm 2 8mm 2 8mm 2 is a 2005 direct-to-video thriller film directed by J. S. Cardone and starring Johnathon Schaech and Lori Heuring. The film was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When the film was in production, it was titled "The Velvet Side of Hell." When Sony picked up the rights to distribute it, it was re-titled "8mm 2". Although this title suggests the film to be a sequel to the 1999 Nicolas Cage film "8mm", the film has no connective elements relating it to the first "8mm" film. The film was shot entirely in Budapest, and the credits contain
Star Wars: Dark Forces produced Kyle Katarn and Dark Trooper toys, which are among the [[Star Wars expanded universe|"Star Wars" expanded universe]] items to be turned into [[action figure]]s. The Dark Troopers were also included in books and comics. [[William C. Dietz]]'s novelizations of the "Dark Forces" storyline were adapted to full-cast audio dramatizations. LucasArts extended "Dark Forces" with "[[Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II]]" in 1997, and later two more sequels. The [[Star Wars: Jedi Knight (series)|"Jedi Knight" series]] continues the story of Kyle Katarn and has been praised for its quality as a whole. In September 2009, "Dark Forces" was re-released