I love the new Luke arrival shot ady... I didn't fully appreciate it until I saw the side-by-side comparison with the original (thanks for that vaderios). Both the new cloud elements and the (new?) Cloud City look much better.
However, 2 suggestions/comments:
- I agree with Jeyl in that the forground cloud element could stand to be darkened a little to blend better with the background clouds
- Also, as vaderios suggested, the forground clouds could also be "blued" up a bit.
Here's what I had in mind (yours on top, mine below):
Of course, if you say you already tried this and the results were less than stellar, then I know you made the right decision and that the finished shot will look as good as it possibly can.