Thank you for the comments, everyone!
Genuinely impressive work! The wide shot is a bit jank, but I’d say for a fan edit it’s passable.
Thanks! That shot also occurred to me as weird; Anakin’s footage is taken from Zam Wessel’s speeder, though I don’t know what other footage of Anakin would work. One option is to rig up a 3D model of Anakin and try to do something with that (similar to the the machinery in that shot), but I’m not quite sure if the results would be worth the trouble?
SomethingStarWarsRelated said:
Because there’s no close up of Anakin hitting against the wall, it comes off as comical imo.
Why not have the thing Dooku chucks at Anakin follow him and also hit the wall?
Both hit the wall (use the close up), recolor the lightning to yellow/white, add in some additional electrical sound fx…then it might come off as this object having excess electricity while hitting Anakin?
Just a thought.
I also noticed that it seemed comical, as did a family member (although he suggested that keeping it like that would be a fun change in tone lol).
That’s a good thought; I’m not sure I could have the machine follow him all the way to the wall while keeping the physics realistic, but if having it almost explode or damaged and scatter electricity around could be an option…
I liked how Dooku’s use of force lightning is contrasted with Sidious’. When Dooku uses force lightning against Yoda, he deflects it easily. When Sidious uses it, it sends him flying, and when he is finally able to block it, it takes a lot of strength to do. It’s a great way of showing how Sidious is superior to his (then former) apprentice.
When viewing it in chronological order, Dooku being the first one to be seen using force lightning is to show the audience that he has gained new powers due to joining the dark side. Then in ROTS, we see Sidious has a far more powerful version of the same attack.
I do like this approach (and I love how the lightning scene illustrates the difference between a Padawan, a Jedi, and a true master of the Force), although I recall being confused on first RotS watch as to why Yoda wasn’t able to deflect the lightning. I think the two Sith’s lightning uses look a bit too similar for me; the only real visual difference I could see was Dooku using one hand and Palpatine both, which I could see as a power difference or just a stylistic preference. Earlier on, I’d tried out something similar to what you mentioned (foreshadowing Sideous, one might say) by changing Dooku’s lightning from a constant flow to shorter bolts; how does this look to you? https://streamable.com/h6ebi0