Who Designed The CGI Jabba In The 1997 Special Edition? — Page 2

Author: MusicallyInspired
Time: 22-Jan-2018 6:30 PM (Edited)
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I hate this scene because it totally ruins Jabba’s character as portrayed in ROTJ. In ROTJ he was far bigger and more forboding of a character that people (including Han) actually feared. In ANH he’s just a joke and it’s more like Han is pushing HIM around. Ridiculous. I’d never believe they were the same character if it weren’t for the name. I’d even buy that it was one of Jabba’s lesser hutt henchmen (the 97 version, anyway). I was so surprised when I saw that for the first time. How awful and unrepresentative of the actual ROTJ Jabba it looked. Awful. The Bluray one is more accurate, but I still feel like he’s too small, and that’s besides the jarring character inconsistencies.

Also, every CGI Jabba has a terrible voice. ROTJ Jabba actually sounded real. All CGI Jabba’s (TPM, TCW, Rebels (is he in Rebels? I don’t remember), ANH) voices sound like somebody just recorded something quick and pitched it down. Well…he was a little better in TCW.

Author: HerekittykittyX
Time: 5-Feb-2018 5:11 PM
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Think about this someone spent months of modeling and rigging and animating and lighting and rendering and composting.

Author: ZigZig
Time: 5-Feb-2018 6:13 PM (Edited)
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HerekittykittyX said:

… and composting.

He would indeed have done better to throw it in compost …

Author: The Autistic Asexual
Time: 29-May-2018 8:35 PM
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doubleofive said:

https://theasc.com/magazine/starwars/articles/sped/uni/pg2.htm

The colors on the 1997 Jabba in the special edition did look way more like he looked in Return of the Jedi than the 2004 CGI incarnation of him.

Reality sucks, watch movies.

Author: darthrush
Time: 5-Jun-2018 1:34 PM
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Just rewatched the special edition Jabba scene again. Wow, what a terrible scene…

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Author: paja
Time: 6-Jun-2018 12:24 PM
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Why woul- I don’t care.

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

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Author: Reddkryten
Time: 6-Sep-2018 8:55 AM
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The 97 Jabba is full of wrinkles and folds, he “looks” like a real object.
His design however doesn’t match the Jabba puppet at all. The best comparrison I can think of is a cartoon. Cartoons often simplify the design because drawing a complex figure over and over would become difficult. If you watch a cartoon based on a movie, the animated version is sort of a broad strokes version.

The later Jabba is a much closer match to the puppet, which is probably why I dislike it, the closer it gets the easier it is to see what is wrong. This Jabba lacks the texture of the previous one, it looks flat with the wrinkles painted on. This may be why he looked better in Phantom Menace, they painted it to look good front on in a particular lighting state, however when taken out of thaf environment it falls apart.