What’s the status on that anyway? So far I’ve haven’t gotten any good results aside from those few shots of purple Ajan Kloss, and even then the other shots didn’t turn out so nice. I guess you could manually recolor a frame of every shot then run it through EBsynth but that would get real tedious real fast. Anyone wanna try maybe changing sky colors with it? That’d probably be the simplest change. A nice green or yellow sky for some of the planets could give them an exotic flavor.
Anyway, let’s give a rundown of all the planets and what can be done with them.
Jakku: Just fuckin’ make it Tatooine. It works much better that way thematically to rhyme with the other two. Otherwise, you could go for cacti and a recolored sky.
Takodana: Rey’s line about green stops us from recoloring it, which is a shame given how pretty it looks in Autumn (although Endor looks even more stunning).
D’Qar: It’s not present in as many scenes so maybe some more radical changes would be feasible, such as adding McQuarrie mountains and yellow grass to the background to make it Lothal. Or perhaps palm trees and beaches for Scarif. Any planet that has grass, really, as that’s the only feature in the foreground.
Ilum (Starkiller Base): This one I’m actually relatively happy with. The trees and base built into the rocks are unique, and if we convert its destruction fissure into general volcanic activity like the concept art, the fire and ice theme would make the planet visually stunning. Just add a few lava streams to establishing shots and voila.
Ach-To: Unique enough already.
Cantonica (Canto Bight): If we emphasize the idea of it being an artificial oasis on a desert planet mentioned in EU material, that’d be great. The planet is pretty solid already, TBH. Johnson really allowed more originality with planet designs than Abrams.
Crait: So stunning it puts the Originals to shame.
Mustafar: Why is one of the most unique looking planets one we’ve already seen? People seem to like the connection to Vader’s castle so you can leave it as is. Besides, it’s there for like, 20 seconds tops.
Exegol: Actually pretty unique and particularly befitting of the Emperor. It’s just a shame you can’t see anything.
Ajan Kloss: Another jungle planet JJ? Really? We need to give it a new color scheme at least, hence my purple plants idea.
Pasaana: Another desert planet JJ? Really? I propose a boldly colored sky or just make it Jakku, tying together Ochi’s ship with Rey’s parents departure in some way.
Kijimi: Fine as is.
Kef Bir: Feels kinda like Ach-To, but whatever. We don’t see much of it, and you could easily make it Endor. We spend most our time there on the Death Star’s wreckage in the sea, which is an interesting enough idea on its own.