davewozere05 said:
I chucked this concept art (its really bad I know) togethre in 2 mins for the lost opening shot. I envision a long shot seen through the binoculars and we see the space battle above.

It looks bad cause i have lost photoshop - i need to reinstall.

interesting project. I can't see the picture you posted because its too small but it looks like you have used the opening sequence footage from ANH. For the opening shot i personally wouldn't use the existing footage for the binoculars because the angle would be all wrong. If you took a frame of one of the stardestroyers in ESB when they are about to collide (because we see them from below) and add the Tantive IV then add a TV simulation filter (there's one in after FX but there is a better one which is very close to the one used in Star Wars in Sony Vegas) it would look more like Luke was looking up at the battle. You can achieve this pretty easy using Adobe after effects and some still images. Most of the extra FX work in ANH:R was done using 2d images. in fact there is only 1 time CG was used and that was for the TIE fighters in the new approach sequence in the battle of the Death Star.

Anyway, best of luck.