Thanks for your usual heroic efforts to get comparison stills up for us doubleofive. It’s very much appreciated!
As well as the stand-out repositioning of Vader/Piett which I mentioned above, there’s a wealth of other incredible alterations during this clip which I’d like to praise too -
I love the additional ‘underside edge of the city’ as the Falcon evades the TIEs at the start - a small but effective addition when seen with the rest of the previous ‘underside’ footage beforehand.
The GREEN lights are an excellent change too, and really brings back how the old Falcon interior looked (as well as matching how it still looks in TFA, of course)
The shot of the Bespin planet as the Falcon and TIE’s leave it behind is exceptional now - a terrific enhancement, with just the right amount of subtle ‘lensflare’ included.
The additional ‘steam’ which swirls around as R2 falls backwards is excellent too…and that slight new ‘howl’ from Chewie is the cherry on the cake.
The wide shots of Vader on the bridge look tremendous also, with their new ‘steps’ etc. - and the new bridge crewmember at the entrance is a very welcome addition indeed.
The final shot of Vader exiting the bridge into the ‘control room’ section is one of my favourite alterations in this whole clip! - adywan actually initially added a different version of the ‘control room’ section to this shot in his ‘workprint’, and it looked equally magnificent. For instance, it’s ceiling details were different, and it had some of the pinkish/red ceiling lightstrips seen when Ozzel first makes his appearance in the movie…and it immediately brought back the look of that section’s first appearance in the movie.
…so I was surprised to see that he had gone to the effort of changing how this shot looked in the latest clip. However, I see that he’s now managed to include an additional ‘pillar’ which was seen in the earlier shots of the ‘control room’ section…which ties things in nicely too, even though we’ve lost the likes of the pinkish/red ceiling lighting now - I would have liked to have seen a hint of that lighting retained as a ‘compromise’, but I guess that adywan decided that none of it should be visible from this angle anymore. Either way, this is a phenomenal addition to tie-in the bridge with the ‘control room’ section when Vader steps down now.
The additional fleet ships and enhanced ‘glows’ on the ship engines at the end have really improved things too, but a big shout-out must go to the addition of the ‘medical bay’ in the small section on the side of the medical frigate when it first moves past us - this was always going to be a tricky portion to insert as the ship passes in the shot…and I’d have been content if it had even only been given a slight ‘glow’ to suggest some lighting from within. However, the clever solution of having an outer ‘viewport cover’ slowly opening to reveal just a subtle glimpse of the droids and other elements in the interior at this point…is pure genius!
And let’s not forget how wonderful the new re-colouration, cgi ships, and starfields look too…
It all adds up to AWESOME!
One little thing concerning C3PO too…
In addition to the neat fix where he holds up his missing leg so that it matches the previous shots…adywan has also managed to make his other leg completely SILVER during his scenes where R2 is welding it! 😃
The suddenly GOLD front ‘shin’ section during those shots always bugged me, so thanks for that too adywan!
(perhaps you could add that info. to your comparisons doubleofive, or include the close-up shot of it even?)