adywan said:Chrille said:TESB is unique in that all the imperial officers are wearing perfect rank badges and cylinders. For one who is into these things, its very easy to determine the ranks of for instance Piett, Ozzel or Veers by mearly looking at their rank badges. By comparison ANH's rank system is terribly vague, with officers wearing a confusing mixture of red, blue and yellow. And let's not even talk about the mess in ROTJ, were virtually everyone seems to have the same rank!
There is one officer that is wrong, though, and it seems like a shame when everyone else are perfect. He appears briefly as an extra without lines in Vader's first scene. As Ozzel and Piett are argueing and Vader is making his way over to join them, the camera pans down to the trench and an officer standing looking up at Vader. He is wearing the rank insignia of a navy captain, even though Piett is captain of the ship at that time. However, if another cylinder is added to his other cheast pocket, he becomes a commander instead, which would clear it all up.
I have mentioned this earlier some time ago, so forgive me ady if you've already addressed this, but I wanted to make sure it hadn't been forgotten in the ocean of posts here.
i won't be doing anything to the rank pins in ESB:R. this type of thing has never bothered me
But you do have it under "things I will be doing". Don't take this the wrong way, but I thought you wanted to address errors. This is an error, however minor. Just like wires up peoples sleves and such. I know it doesn't bother you, but it has always bothered me every time I se that shot since I'm into these kind of things. Since I knew Lucas would likely never notice let alone correct it, I guess I was hoping that an extra cylinder (not the badge itself, that's already correct) on one single guy for a 2 second shot would be possible for you to do. It's your edit and your choice, just know that I would really appriciate it if you reconsidered.
Anyway, I'm really liking how this project is coming along and the discussions here are interesting. I'm glad to be back. I do feel some things, like a the ladder, should be left like it is though. I always assumed Luke brought it with him so that he would be able to get in and out of the ship (since I don't think he knew how to levitate with the Force yet when he came to Dagobah). I guess it folds in after he gets into the ship, unless I'm missing something?