ImperialFighter said:
Going back to perhaps adding a red 'light' dot to the end 'close-ups' of the Millennium Falcon model at the end- It might look really good to also add the two red 'lights' to the front ends to, to also match the look of the Falcon as seen on the platform of the 'floating city', and when it blasts off from there. I think these would really help to make these shots look even better, and add to a sense of realism if they tie together more with the earlier platform shots.
Going back to perhaps adding a red 'light' dot to the end 'close-ups' of the Millennium Falcon model at the end- It might look really good to also add the two red 'lights' to the front ends to, to also match the look of the Falcon as seen on the platform of the 'floating city', and when it blasts off from there. I think these would really help to make these shots look even better, and add to a sense of realism if they tie together more with the earlier platform shots.
I forgot that there is also an earlier model shot of the Falcon inside the asteroid slug, just after Vader says "I want that ship, not excuses" and his chamber closes.... This is a shot showing it's lit-up underside from a low angle. This time the two lights at the front of it are actually white light (like when it first flies down through asteroid cave) rather than red light.
There are inconsistencies throughout the original trilogy concerning these, but I wonder if it is possible to either have these red too, or perhaps CHANGING from white to red (or vice versa) during this brief shot, which would explain it a bit, and ties in with the next interior shot where Han is doing something and 'shutting things down'?
When we first see the 'plectrum'-shaped construct that Luke and Darth duel on, it has two sets of double red lights on it's base....but when we see the underneath of the structure during the first half of Luke's fall from it (where his right arm seems to be the one that's okay now!), there are now THREE sets of red lights. Can you remove the middle set?
And I'm just 'throwing this one out there' for you to consider too at this stage for the future Adywan - If, as you indicated previously that you might, that you do indeed alter the start of your 'Jedi Revisited' to a more 'Executor' stardestroyer-focused beginning (which sounds great, and logical from Darth's standpoint too), as opposed to the 'too samey' standard stardestroyer passing overhead intro. of 'A New Hope's' perfect one....will you consider using that particular stardestroyer 'passing overhead' visual element SOMEWHERE. I don't know if you have thought yet about still using it in 'Jedi' (with shuttle removed, or shuttle and Ties removed?) somewhere in your future edit mix or not, and if you are, then great....but if not, perhaps you could have a think about this -
It currently runs at about 17/18 seconds (PAL version) from when the front tip appears, until the 'belly dome' detailing passes overhead, and because it's still such a fantastically majestic and powerful visual effect, it would be a shame not to utilise it somewhere. If you decide there is no room for it in your 'Jedi' intro. or anywhere else in your 'Jedi' edit, then what about re-using it in 'Empire'? - It would still be a good element EVEN if it has to be 'cut short' a little or 'speeded up' at your discretion. I'd far rather see a part of this used to say, replace the brief shot of the strangely fake-looking 'dark grey' stardestroyer that is seen approaching Hoth to the 'fast' strains of the 'Imperial March', which is an effect I never thought looked good. Althought the planet itself is nice. OR....perhaps you could use it as the basis for your 'Captain Needa shuttle going to meet the 'Executor' superstardestroyer' shot? The shuttle you want is already in place, and just the Ties would need to be erased. It might mean a little rejigging of whatever 'Executor' element below it, or ahead of it, that you would choose to use would be required, but it would still tie in with events after the next short scenes of Darth 'accepting the Captain's apologies', where the fleet is in the middle of breaking up in ALL directions anyway. If you DO use it somewhere, I hope you will choose to linger on the bottom of it long enough to keep the 'belly dome' detail in! Even if that means chopping of the first half or so of it's entrance.