ray_afraid said:

The only holograms I can think of that aren't looking at the folks they're being transmitted to are Leia in Star Wars and Luke in Jedi and both of those were pre-recorded messages, not live transmissions. (I dunno how they work in the prequels.) I agree though that Vader looking up at veers is strange. It implies (to me at least) that on Vaders end Veers is a big, intimidating floating head like the Emperor. Seems that kinda thing would be reserved for the Emperor, not every commander or general.

The prequels are horrible about the holograms looking around and looking at who they are talking to. It makes zero sense. In ESB the various captains are the same size as Vader onboard the Executor. It makes sense that they are perhaps looking at life-sized holograms of Vader just as he is looking at them life-sized. Pre-recorded ones like Luke's and Leia's have them looking forward but not interacting. If memory serves, in the meditation chamber, the 'front-view' of the Emperor seems to be looking forward whereas the side view seems to have him looking down at Vader. With the Veers/Vader scene, I just think it makes sense that the shot be changed entirely or at the very least have Vader looking forward instead of looking up.