adywan said:
Backstroke said:
- Why use our system of numbers in the movie when all lettering have been replaced with aurabesh?

It's just a consideration that so much time goes in to converting all references to english writting and replacing it with aurabesh (which is extremely effectfull) but when we get to the Death Star coming in on Yavin there is a, sorry to say it, generic timer counting down? This is by the way the only thing I reacted to. Sure I wish there'd been even more ships in the Death Star battle but I can fully understand how heavy such a effect sequence might be.

Sometimes we need a visual reference that we recognise to enhance the dramatic element of a scene. Changing the number system to Aurabesh for the countdown clock just didn't work. You need that "our world" visual reference for the clock. I did try changing the numbering to Aurabesh but, when watching it back, it lost something. This is the problem with some SCI-FI in that they change everything to look other worldly and it fails. Any lettering wasn't the focus in a scene but the numbering was and this needed to stay recognisable.

I'm not sure.

We see the graphic representing Yavin 4 moving into the crosshairs and we have the onscreen announcements.

An Aurebesh clock might still work because on a subconscious level we know it's a countdown even if we don't recognise the numbers (in fact that might add tension for the non-Aurebesh reading public because they don't know for sure how much time our heroes have left other than the look of desperation on their faces).

I think I'll post this on the after Ady thread because someone might be tempted to try it.