I second that. Maybe you could try changing the color of Takodana’s sky? To play Devil’s advocate, you could just remove Rey’s line. After all, Takodana looks real nice in fall colors.
Oh wait, I have an idea. Instead of the bland Disney Era planets, replace them with the far more creative Lucas Era planets. Between the Order 66 montage and TCW, there’s a lot of planets with fantastic visuals that are very much out of this world. Of course, the problem would be editing them in. It probably wouldn’t be doable. Maybe with enough added elements from the originals, we can make it work? It’s the cactus principle I mentioned earlier about adding rather than changing. Add some of its iconic plants (or fungi apparently) and Takodana is now Felucia. On a non-Lucas-related note, we could make D’Qar Lothal. It has an interesting McQuarrie-based design, and it could mesh well with what’s already in the film. Hell, the iconic mountains are even there, just need to recolor them. And I guess Jakku could be that junk world Maul spent a decade going insane on? Yeah, all of these would be a massive amount of work.
Interesting that you said Lucas era. Truth is that the out-there planets only really manifest in the prequels. But it is interesting because Lucas was pitching (and having his artists creating) really extravagant worlds for the OT, which were pretty much only boiled down to the basic planets we know because of budgetary/feasibility reasons. With the PT, Lucas saw it as a chance to finally do what he always envisioned. With the ST, the filmmakers are seemingly latching onto the vision that the OT ultimately presented.
Anyway, the idea to vary the planets a bit more in the ST is not a bad one. It’s a really small issue, so I personally don’t care, but if you’re passionate about it, go for it. But I’d strongly argue that once changing the look of the planets (a simple matter mostly just of aesthetics) gets in the way of the story (if you were to cut Rey’s line, for example), then you’ve gone too far.
Anyway, I’ll refer to my earlier post on the subject
huh, that would be cool, a little Scarif like, but I don’t think it is practical.
The autumn Takodana is cool! Love the red leaves. Although it would need to be sporadic, here and there, because of Rey’s line, “I didn’t know there was this much green in the whole galaxy.” Which is why I suggested making D’Qar autumn, but yeah, it would be more noticeable with Takodana since she actually goes into the forest. And I guess that line doesn’t matter if you cut it, but I really like that line personally.
I think you could probably get a way with a couple or so non-green trees in the wide shot, and then show some more later without stepping on Rey’s line. For her even without it being entirely green it still would make sense to say it (plus you could also of course argue that the line isn’t just referring to the color but the plant life in general).