First off - I'm spending a bit of time for a general method that works for all the lightsabers. It's hard to get consistent results using the exact same methods form shot to shot. Here's something i've been tweaking. I'm not quite 100% happy with it yet - Some bits might need to be toned down a bit, Of course I'm trying to work WITH existing effects here rather than replacing them entirely...What do people think?

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2581/saberuploadag2.jpg

I should mention it is a little hard to visualise out of context [motion] and it is clear [in motion] which blades cross where etc.
And note that I've left the blade edges 'sharp' here rather than softening them slightly with a white blur. Not for any reason realy, Just a work in progress.

Aside from that I'm still on the lookout for suitable music to use. To that end I've begun listening to some of Gustav Holst's 'the planets' tunes and noticed some sections that might fit in very well.

here's the original shot for reference

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/635/referencebr7.jpg

GhostAlpha26,

RE: Fisto - I'm pretty much happy with this part as it is. I'm not really bothered by the 'boiling water' issue so it's not really a problem for me, Just something I thought about while my mind was wondering. I also love the music for the underwater part so I'll try and keep things mostly as they are.

RE: ARC Troopers - I plan to add more colouring to the ARC troopers and troops in general. In AOTC there were colour codes for the commanding ranks but with ROTS practically every single trooper had coloured markings, even some i thought were all white had pale grey sections when i looked closer. Rather than a transition from one style to the other I prefer to assume that the 'coloured' markings snowballed pretty quickly. That said I'm trying not to interfere with established characters / colour schemes.

RE: Durge - The Chewie growl ws something that I noticed right away. It didnt really bother me too much initially - Felt more like a throwback to the old days. I'd be up for replacing it, I wont want to stray too far tho. does anyone have any idea what D would sound like, Does he speak at all? I know practically nothing about the guy...I might go do a little research.

RE: Ventress - I'm happy with th egreen and blue but i'm prepared to consider other options.

One thing I'm going over is the timeline of the clone wars and the whole sequence where Dooku meets Ventress does seem a little out of place in the context of the story. I'll consider the idea of a flashback if it works out well - without confusing the audience. Apparently this should have happened before the 'battle of muunilist' but I could be mistaken.

When the story is taking place at Ilum right after Padme receives her coat from C-3P0 the next shot is of R2's upper dome spinning and the way it spins his eye spins behind "camera" and the optical eye is back in front way too fast.

I never noticed that, I'll check it out.

The "hut hut hut" never really bothered me, It makes me smile. Keep in mind these guys aren't anything special - just Ventress fodder. Might work out about the same with purely footsteps.

The final product wont have volumes. It will be one long chapter spanning all 25 micro chapters. Credits at the end just like the movies. I'll be redoing them to include all the series details [both volumes] and anything additional. I'll be happy to list those who help me out. For peple wh get a kick out of that sort of thing.

The first chapter when the Troopers are fighting grievous I thought it would be cool to add cuts/slashes onto the troopers similar to what happens to them when they fight grievous on coruscant in the chancellor's room

Hmm. I just took a look and you dont really get to see the impact tho, GG slashes these guys across the front and they are facing away from us.

I do like the Ani walking thru the streets but the whole sequence could be trimmed down a bit.

The scene of C-3P0 and Padme during the Battle of coruscant should be gone

Most definitely! I don't know what else to say. It's a pointless shot and makes the city feel VERY small.

I have to agree with you on the Dantooine sequence. Overall I like it, I doo think it's over the top tho, If possible iI plan to spread it out a little more and trim it a little. Basically we should see that he can take on these Droids but it is actually taking a toll on him and his performance. One thing I'd like to add would be a shot of him tkaing a break for a second, He's about to be attacked and his troops blast the Droids, allowing him to regroup for a second and take off again. It didnt start out as a one man show.

Overall thanx a lot for the suggestions, Keep them coming....[everyone]