Trying to figure out the amount of over lap, extracting, curves to bump shadow more to highlights, feathering and opacity. But would like to give some impression of the sabers actually being there.
Im also thinking about the ship lights going dark when the attack begins, with the ship going into emergency lock down. I may change the rafter lights to red as the lights kick off.
Other than the obvious logical reason on the federation ends, it adds to the ambiance of the dark moody intro and gives more lighting dynamics to play with through out the movie. Which will be important for the end fight.
On a side note. Im going to try to make some displays for the monitors in the other movies to lay some ground work for the sequel trilogy and the potential that the Emperor has clones, and maybe that Snoke is some older Sith that he got the genetic stock for.
Let me know your general thoughts to all of this and if it’s worth pursuing.