Eddsworld: Legacy


 * see also: Edd Gould, Thomas Ridgewell

Eddsworld: Legacy refers to the fundraiser started by Thomas Ridgewell and the group of animations that came from it. The money made from the fundraiser was used to fund the creation of 5 Eddisodes and 7 shorts. People who donated to the fundraiser recieved rewards such as posters, wristbands, and original portraits. 100% of the ad revenue made from the YouTube channel during this period went directly to CLIC Sargent, the UK's leading cancer charity for children.

Videos related to Eddsworld: Legacy, such as special thanks videos and several Eddisodes that were either never uploaded to the official YouTube channel or removed from it due to copyright infringement were uploaded on a second channel called Eddsworld Extra. Select episodes were reuploaded to Eddsworld Extra with brand new music from Marc Lovallo and Yoav Landau.

History
"My friend just died and half a million people are waiting for me to be hilarious."

- Thomas Ridgewell

"He wanted his world to keep on going, with him in it."

- Sue Gould

Edd's "dying request", as Ridgewell put it, was that he wanted Eddsworld to keep going. Ridgewell joked that he wasn't given passwords, and that he had to creatively get into most of Gould's accounts.

Ridgewell took on the roles of lead writer, director, and producer for the show. Paul became the full-time animator, and weebl was brought on to create backgrounds, as Paul has stated he is "not very good" at them. Ridgewell planned for more "solid management", something he had always wanted to do regarding Eddsworld; ideally, he would have liked to produce one episode every month, with a length of roughly five minutes.

Ridgewell had discussed with Gould what they would do if Gould died, and planned to record lots of random lines of dialogue, but they didn't manage it. Edd would receive a new voice actor rather than being written out of the show - Ridgewell understood the backlash he would receive, but that there was "nothing else [he] could really do about that", and that the fans would have to accept it. The auditions were held between close friends, and Edd's new voice was touched upon in the animation as a joke - "a gag, basically".

All profits that weren't going towards the show would be going towards the Teenage Cancer Trust. Ridgewell stated that if they did not have the funds to start up Eddsworld, he would possibly use either Kickstarter or Indie-Fund to get it up and running.

Ridgewell aimed to get the entire Eddsworld series available on DVD. He planned to export the copyrighted music out of Gould's older movies and hire some musicians to redo some original music, however this project was deemed too costly for what he had originally planned for and the idea was scrapped.

Due to severe depression, Ridgewell put Eddsworld: Legacy on hiatus for several months. The hiatus ended on November 21, 2013, and Eddie Bowley was brought on as a co-director, co-writer, and co-producer.

During his severe depression, Ridgewell updated the Eddsworld tumblr:

After part two of The End was uploaded, the majority of the Eddsworld: Legacy crew including Thomas Ridgewell, Eddie Bowley, and TIm Hautekiet departed the show. Control of the show was handed back to Edd Gould's family, along with Tom's animated counterpart.

Donation Rewards

 * Anyone who donated $15/£10 would get a soundtrack of original Eddsworld music and a Behind the Scenes of making Eddsworld footage.
 * Anyone who donated $25/£16 would get the prizes above plus a small donator Eddsworld poster signed by Tom, Matt and Paul.
 * Anyone who donated $50/£32 would get the prizes above plus an official Eddsworld wristband.
 * Anyone who donated $100/£65 would get the prizes above plus the new Eddsworld comic book; the sequel to 'Toaster Brains', featuring the latest comics, sketches, and concept art.
 * Anyone who donated $200/£130 would get the prizes above plus a portrait of themselves in Eddsworld style, signed by Paul ter Voorde.
 * Anyone who donated $300/£195 would get the prizes above plus an animated appearance in one episode. The donator's name would be found in the credits.
 * Anyone who donated $500/£324 would get the prizes above plus a personal "thank you" video from Matt and Tom. They would upload it to a new YouTube channel or send the video to the donator.
 * Anyone who donated $1000/£648 would get twice of every prize above plus an Executive Producer credit on one episode.
 * Anyone who donated $2000/£1,582.99 would get the prizes above and their money would go towards the production of an official Eddsworld DVD. The money would go towards remastering old animations (with music that would not cause copyright issues), recording commentaries, filling the DVD with unreleased sketches, the behind the scenes mini-doc and a "thank you" message. The donator's name will be right there on the box and all profits will go to charity.

Operation: Reboot animations
These are the animations that were re-released as a part of Operation: Reboot.

Results
Eddsworld: Legacy was highly successful, raising $83,211 with the original goal being $50,000. This allowed Eddsworld to continue on for quite some time. The fundraiser can be seen at the end of both Space Face Part 2 and Mirror Mirror.

Power Of Three
The announcement of a new game was made in late May of 2009. Edd stated: "I have also formed a group with Psycosis91 (who coded Not-so Special Stage and Bang, Boom, Splat!) and TheWaves (who made the intro music for MovieMakers) for the Newgrounds 'Power Of Three' summer event - which basically means we shall be making a game together over the next few months, hopefully meaning it will be an awesome game!"

Word continued to be released on this game until mid August of 2009, when the game was officially dubbed "Kid Thulu" and was destined to be a platformer. Shortly after this announcement, updates on "Kid Thulu" stopped.

Unknown Competition
On October 28, 2013, Tom stated on the Eddsworld Twitter account that there would be an upcoming competition.

Deleted Scene
The Unspecified Deleted Scene is from an unknown source. Pictures were posted on the Eddsworld Twitter page on August 4, 2015.

The scene featured Edd stretching his neck from the right side of the screen into the sky, with his body not being seen at all. The shot then cuts to Tord riding a convertible in the same direction, while his hands are vibrating and flailing in the air instead of holding the steering wheel. Then we see Tom in a river right next to the road Tord is on. Tom is traveling in the same directions as the others.

Untitled Sketch
Thomas Ridgewell had an untitled sketch listed on a Twitter post.

Film adaptation
An Eddsworld film was promised to be made if the Eddsworld: Legacy fundraiser made more than $150,000, but the movie never got made.

Criticism
Director Thomas Ridgewell came under fire from some of the Legacy donators for the amount of time it took for them to get their perks, although Eddie Bowley has since corrected this issue. Tom had to hand-write apology letters to over 200 donators who received their Eddsworld comic books over a year late. On November 21, 2013, Tom confirmed via the Eddsworld Tumblr that there were still donators who had yet to receive their perks, well over a year and a half later. Tom also stated in the same blog that if he could go back in time, he would have never done the fundraiser and instead run the show off of its own profits. On July 1, 2015, Tom announced that the Eddsworld DVD had been cancelled and that the donations would be put towards the show instead.

Tom has expressed his dislike of people calling Eddsworld: Legacy "Tomsworld".

Trivia

 * The following characters from past episodes make cameo appearances in eddisodes from this fundraiser: Tord, Joe, Laurel, Hellucard, Paul, & Diwi.
 * Both of the Eddsworld: Legacy fundraiser videos are currently unlisted.

Links

 * Announcement video
 * Update video

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