Ripplin said:vaderios said:Still i like the new SE Xwings take off from yavin instead of dots
Yes, and how they lock their s-foils in attack position in a more random order, too. I don't know why they did it in sequence originally, like they were performing an aerial show for the queen or something. ;)
That was due to the limits of the FX at the time; the X-wing models were essentially on a line, which not only kept all the models in place but it also allowed the signal to be sent to all the models to open their wings. Personally, I can go either way with the shot: to me they ARE in formation as most military squadrons would be.
Regardless, this is from the EMPIRE thread:
Sluggo said:Serji-X Arrogantus said:Check this out, if Adywan ever needed some new shots of Yoda for TESB:R he should ask this guy for use of his Yoda puppet, superb work !! Mind you,this guy is probably in the US and Ady's here in the UK, oh well !!
My brain just exploded out of my eyesockets. That is about the most amazing reproduction of a prop I have ever seen!
That said, I don't know where additional Yoda footage is needed in ESB. It might be interesting as a 'Force ghost' in some radical ROTJ edit. But that is a topic for somewhere else.
I think this prop would be quite excellent as far as replacement shots of Yoda in the eventual PREQUEL:REVISITED series. Maybe get rid or slim down Yoda's "double chin" (though he would still be old, as this is roughly 20 years before ANH), but keep the overall design since it is essentially the same puppet model as EMPIRE and JEDI.
Regarding the "Luke pressing button" scene:
I kinda noticed it as most STAR WARS nerds would, but I did not find it distracting. If anything, I found it to be quick enough that it didn't stick out in a bad way, but recognizeable enough to think it was a clever way of showing Obi press the button. You may have to give Obi some gloves and recolor the orange jumpsuit to brown (we can assume Obi put on gloves to fly the fighter, and later when he gets out that he took them off, so continuity is not too big on that issue).