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adywan said: well i did it because only in ANH & ESB does the starfield rotate when you see a ship entering hyperspace. i all other movies it remains static (check out when the fleet jump to hyperspace in ROTJ). Also if the starfieilds rotate like that then doesn't that mean that the ship has to spin to get into hyperspace?
I believe I already mentioned the RotJ rotation as a "cheat" in my earlier post, but the reason why we don't see the rotating Star Field in the prequels is because there is no inner cockpit shot of the starfield stretching, and the camera angle not directly behind the ship at a close proximity when it goes into warp.
Also if the starfieilds rotate like that then doesn't that mean that the ship has to spin to get into hyperspace?
Not really. I always looked at that sequence as just an effect that happens when you're directly behind something that goes into Hyperspace. You know? Camera tricks. Star Wars has plenty of those.
You might also note that even though the rest of the Star Wars movies don't have the spinning star field effect, that doesn't mean other Star Wars material out there doesn't use it either. Take Knights of the Old Republic for instance. They have a shot with an inner cockpit set up with the stars stretching and than it cuts to them going into warp with the star field spinning. That was an awesome moment because they were taking visual elements from the original trilogy and not the prequel trilogy. Not everything visual wise in Star Wars has to make sense.
I actually asked the Star Wars website about why the prequels didn't feature any inner cockpit shots of the starfield stretching and Lucas actually responded saying that he wanted to keep the thrill of going into Hyperspace in the Millennium Falcon more exciting since he expects people to watch the movies in chronological order and that was a defining hyperspace moment.
And if you can't trust visual continuity, maybe it was the camera spinning on it's own. Now you'll probably ask "Than why doesn't the ship rotate as well?", and I would say that 'light' is a very complicated thing. They're moving faster than the speed of light, so the visual sight of them leaving will always be straight while the stars move around you. It's hokey, I know. But it's fun when you try to think up stuff when it comes to visuals like that. That's what makes Star Wars cool for me.