TK99:

Awesome simply awesome shots and something I brought up with Ady and you hit on the head, short of plasma wave following the shock wave burning everything you created the exact image in my mind...so get out of there and uh ignore what the ladies are doing behind the curtain.

*blushes*

Well, I'm very pleased that it works for you. I will be experimenting with Leia, Bail Organa and different ways of putting more emotional depth into the scene. The main problem, and I suppose this limitation is self-imposed, is that I don't want to include anything that feels *too* far from the original style of the movie. There are certainly ways of putting more stuff in, but I neither want to completely rearrange/recreate the scene nor use editing techniques that don't match Star Wars. Example; I could put flash inserts over a shot of Leia to indicate she's thinking about the things that are about to be obliterated. In another movie it would work, but that sort of montage does not fit stylistically into Star Wars.

I'll see what I can do to get a good shot of Leia looking devastated (understatement!). And I might be adding the literal sound of thousands/millions of people screaming out, during the shot of the wave consuming the planet, and as it spreads around the screams diminish to nothing.

So many things to try, so little time...