Erikstormtrooper:
Thank you for the kind words as well!
Yeah, I don't think the darkened rebel briefing room accomplishes anything either...it just *might* bring it out of that 70's look that it's in.
Well, the only way I could see the rain shot working would be this:
You'd have to find a rain element shot against a black screen...most likely from a behind-the-scenes on a DVD. Could be a pain to find one.
I also found this website: http://www.vce.com/ImageLibrary/wrs.html
If you could get larger resolution of a few of these, it just might work! Looks like you'd have to buy it from their store...hmmm
Adywan:
Once again, thank you for the kind words! I will certainly keep the ideas coming!
Yeah, it may be too much like ROTJ...then again, Lucas loves it when things rhyme!
I'm may try and slow the scene down slightly but it may mean starting the scene from scratch. I did want to insert an establishing shot of Alderaan with Bail looking up at the Death Star as it sets into orbit but i haven't figured out where i could insert it and still keep the flow of the scene.
This may do the trick just fine. You might be able to insert it right after we actually see the DS entering the Alderaan system. Then you would cut back to the DS with Tarkin and Liea.
I'll have some more thoughts coming later...