RotJ Colour Grading

Just figured I check if this is just me. I find Return of the Jedi to be the least visually appealing SW movie. Tatooine should seem bleaker, Jabba’s Palace darker and more hazy. For being in a forest, Endor just FEELS fake - almost no non - Ewok activity, wind, rain et. Was thinking this would look better with greens boosted and temperature made warmer. Dagobah could be a little bleaker with more fog.

Possessed said:

Weird that endor feels fake when it’s a real forest.

The same forest where ET was shot.

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Are we talking about the GOUT, Grindhouse, Despecialized, or Blu-ray here?

I was thinking this after watching the GOUT, but I mean it in general - there is a streamlined feel to RotJ, where SW and ESB both pushed different palettes depending on location.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tantive3+1 said:

Possessed said:

Weird that endor feels fake when it’s a real forest.

The same forest where ET was shot.

Someone shot E.T.‽

False alarm. They were planning on shooting him, but somehow their guns were replaced with walkie-talkies.

nightstalkerpoet said:

Just figured I check if this is just me. I find Return of the Jedi to be the least visually appealing SW movie. Tatooine should seem bleaker, Jabba’s Palace darker and more hazy. For being in a forest, Endor just FEELS fake - almost no non - Ewok activity, wind, rain et. Was thinking this would look better with greens boosted and temperature made warmer. Dagobah could be a little bleaker with more fog.

This is true but that’s pretty much every 80’s movie…

Han spoke first.

The big difference is in newer film stocks, and a different cameraman. For example look at Temple of Doom vs Raiders. Same team but three years of technical advancements and roughly a different look because of it.

ROTJ has overall a much flatter look to it that is indeed less visually appealing on the surface.