Erikstormtrooper said:
As Luke goes deeper into the cave, we can see that there is a stone arch there, like this is an old abandoned temple or something. There's probably some EU explanation for this, but for just a movie purist, it's a little confusing. Would you consider doing something about the arch?
Maybe remove it so that it looks like a natural cave?
Or maybe use the arch element to create a wider shot that shows us a hall with lots of arches? (kind of like the wider angle you gave us when Luke and Leia swing across the chasm)
The second option wouldn't really solve the confusion issue, but it would at least make it look like this is an "intentional mystery" and not some random set piece that got reused because they were cheap.
As Luke goes deeper into the cave, we can see that there is a stone arch there, like this is an old abandoned temple or something. There's probably some EU explanation for this, but for just a movie purist, it's a little confusing. Would you consider doing something about the arch?
Maybe remove it so that it looks like a natural cave?
Or maybe use the arch element to create a wider shot that shows us a hall with lots of arches? (kind of like the wider angle you gave us when Luke and Leia swing across the chasm)
The second option wouldn't really solve the confusion issue, but it would at least make it look like this is an "intentional mystery" and not some random set piece that got reused because they were cheap.
I seem to remember two EU explanations for the cave. One was that a Dark Jedi was defeated in the cave and somehow his death tainted the place towards the Dark Side. Another was that the tree itself, being a living thing and therefore having the Force, was Darksided. Yoda used the Dark Side energies to negate his Light Side aura so that he remained undetectable through the Force. Nothing about a temple being there, according to the Wookieepedia.
I just noticed the arch my last viewing of ESB, and I like either of Erik's suggestions.