adywan said:
Nice mock-up 005

yeh that is a strange shot indeed. it does seem as if the rebels are supposed to be running towards the battle instead of away. it may also explain the shot before the speeders blow up the fallen AT-AT where we see 2 rebels running towards the walker as the speeders fly overhead

but that shot can also settle a long running argument about the lightsabers not producing shadows. if you look at the explosion you can see just how bright it is yet it creates a shadow. this is because it has mass and this is the same with the lightsabres. if the sabers didn't have any form of mass they would be useless as the blade could pass straight through objects. and originally they were supposed to be heavy weapons. so now, as you see, a lightsabre would indeed produce a shadow.

Thanks for the compliment. Means a lot to me.

And I was confused by the shadow of the explosion, but it didn't dawn on me that it destroys my lightsaber shadow theory. Oh well, less work for you then! I'll try not to cringe at Luke beating down Vader in RotJ anymore since all I usually see are the shadows of two guys with sticks...