corellian77 said:
Well, I've been away for quite awhile, and I see it's cost me dearly... 248 pages to wade through??? Frak me.

Ady, sorry to rehash this (I looked back a few pages and couldn't see where the debate began)... but which scene in ESB has the spinning starfield? Is it at the end when the Falcon finally jumps into hyperspace?

For what my 2 cents are worth, I'm not sure what the inconsistency/problem is with the spinning starfield. I always assumed the ships in SW spun when they entered hyperspace... that's why, when seeing a jump from a ship's point of view, the stars spin, and why when a ship's in hyperspace (e.g., ROTJ, ANH:R) we see that wormhole effect (caused, I thought, by the stars spinning by).

But... that being said, who's really going to miss it (aside from Jeyl, of course)? If I read the posts correctly, you apparently removed a spin effect from ANH already? If so, I didn't even notice, so... there ya go :)

The spin is only when the Falcon jumps away from the Star Destroyers over Tatooine and the Executor over Bespin. Adywan points out that when Tydirium goes to light speed in RotJ it goes straight out and the fleet does not spin around it. The spinning starfield is for dramatic effect in those two shots by Lucas' own admission.