He becomes king with Yvaine as his queen, and Dunstan and Una are reunited. Una explains that, as her son, Tristan is the last male heir of Stormhold.
As Tristan and Yvaine embrace, their love allows her to shine once again, killing Lamia. Lamia frees Yvaine, but her feigned defeat was a ruse, and she tries to kill them both. Lamia is about to finish Tristan off, when she appears to break down over the loss of her sisters. Septimus and Tristan kill two of the witches, but Lamia uses a voodoo doll to kill Septimus. Barging into the castle, Septimus recognizes Una as his long-lost sister, and Una tells Tristan that she is his mother. Septimus and Tristan both pursue Lamia, agreeing to work together for the time being. Lamia kills Sal, and captures Una and Yvaine, taking them to the witches' manor. Una notices Yvaine walking to her doom and takes the reins of Ditchwater Sal's caravan to stop her. Yvaine finds Tristan gone, and–thinking he has abandoned her for Victoria–despondently walks toward the wall. When the lock has turned to stardust, he realizes Yvaine will die if she crosses the wall, and rushes back to save her. Next morning, Tristan leaves Yvaine sleeping and goes with a lock of her hair, to tell Victoria he has fallen in love with Yvaine. He learns it is in the possession of the fallen star and realizes that the heart of a star grants immortality.Īfter leaving Captain Shakespeare, Tristan and Yvaine confess their love for one another and spend the night together at an inn. Septimus discovers he is the last surviving son, and only needs to find the stone to claim the throne.
He provides them with new clothes, teaches Tristan how to fence and Yvaine how to dance. The leader, Captain Shakespeare, tells his crew that Tristan is his nephew and Yvaine, a friend. Lamia kills Primus, but Tristan and Yvaine use the Babylon candle to escape into the clouds, where they are captured by pirates in a flying ship. They stop at the inn, interrupting Lamia's attempt to kill Yvaine. Tristan discovers Yvaine gone, but the stars whisper that she is in danger, telling him to get on a passing coach, which happens to be Primus'. In his absence, a unicorn releases her, but unwittingly takes her to Lamia's inn. Yvaine becomes tired, so Tristan chains her to a tree and promises to bring food. Their leader, Lamia, eats the remnants of an earlier star's heart, and sets off to find Yvaine. Three ancient witch sisters resolve to eat the fallen star's heart to recover their youth and replenish their powers. He uses a magic chain to claim her and to take her to Victoria. Tristan lights it and is transported to the fallen star, personified as a beautiful woman named Yvaine. Tristan learns that his mother is from beyond the wall, and receives a Babylon candle that she left for him, which can take the user to any desired location. He vows to retrieve it, in return for her hand in marriage. In Wall, Tristan and Victoria see the falling star. The remaining princes, Primus and Septimus independently search for the stone. The gem hits a star, and both fall out of the sky, landing in Stormhold. Nine months later, the Wall guard delivers a baby to Dunstan, saying the baby's name is Tristan.Įighteen years later, the dying King of Stormhold throws a ruby into the sky, decreeing that his successor will be the first of his fratricidal sons to recover it. He meets an enslaved princess named Una, who offers him a glass snowdrop in exchange for a kiss. Dunstan Thorne tricks the guard and crosses over the wall to a marketplace.
The English village of Wall lies near a stone wall that borders the magical kingdom of Stormhold.
It was released on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on 18 December 2007. In 2008 it won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form. The film was released to positive reviews and grossed $137 million on a $70–88.5 million budget. Meanwhile, Tristan tries to get her back to Wall with him before Victoria's birthday, the deadline of her offer. Witches and the Princes of Stormhold are also hunting for Yvaine. He collects the star who, to his surprise, is a woman named Yvaine. Tristan enters the magical world to collect a fallen star to give to his beloved Victoria, in return for her hand in marriage. Wall is a town on the border of the magical fantasy kingdom of Stormhold. The film follows Tristan, a young man from the fictional town of Wall in Great Britain. Based on Neil Gaiman's 1999 novel of the same name, it features an ensemble cast led by Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Sienna Miller, Ricky Gervais, Jason Flemyng, Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro, with narration by Ian McKellen.
Stardust is a 2007 romantic fantasy adventure film directed by Matthew Vaughn and co-written by Vaughn and Jane Goldman.