adywan said:
1. no i didn't make the world blue so as not to confuse it with tatooine. It was done to mirror Endor. the Death Star is being constructed above a world where there is plenty of materials needed. I really can't see why people say its too much like Alderaan when its a different colour and also why they never complain about yavin IV being so similar to Alderaan.
2. the planet is supposed to be destroyed in an instant. I made a deleted scene where the planets destructions is extended and it really lost the impact of that explosion. Its all there in Obi-Wan's lines just after the explosion so extending it in any way makes his speech redundant. "suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced". it had to be instantaneous. sometimes less is more.

Ahh, to look like Endor....I don't get it?

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j/k.

Seriously, now makes total sense.

As for the DS blast, the image I had was that hits the planet and then a shock wave blows across the planet stipping off the atmosphere and then the planet explodes.

1) Super Laser fires, then close up of planet to witness impact.

2) Still in near orbit close up, shock wave moves across surface stripping atmo as surface glows red and orange as it burns.

3) Final pull back planet surface glows rear like halo effect around planet and then explodes.

Total time 3 to 6 seconds, all life dead in first 2 seconds.

But then again I like my planetary genocide nice and flashy.

Now that I have you though, I noticed you still didn't add anything to the glass panels in the Yavin rebel control room, no inserts so the people are still just standing staring at nothing on them.

Was hoping for Epo. V you would insert graphic on the panels in the rebel Hoth control room.