hmm... would it be conceivable to make the area from the edge of the cave to the door either darker or a gradual shift from a darker look to the lighter area of the inside hanger cave? Compare to this shot:

Also, maybe the open area we see past Chewie could be tweaked to be darker and show storm clouds/winds going by (nothing far off in the distance, but something to account for the high-pitched wind noise when the outside area looks calm and open.

Also also, would it help get rid of the "set look" if it was either a little darker in all of the hanger scenes or some form of gradual lighting/darkening techniques were used (such as on the hanger wall where the X-wings are getting a shade darker as it went back to the Falcon, as well as maybe making the sides of the various hanger openings darker to help them stand out)? I just know that uniform bright light always gives a set away and it would be interesting to see what kind of lighting technique mock-ups ("cough" Vaderios "cough") would look like...

Subtle, as opposed to J.J. lens flare stuff.. >:)

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Also also also, not that anything should be done much less can be done, but what exactly IS Chewie leaning up against? Is that a landing leg for a ship or a support structure? If the latter, how can anything (like the Falcon or the X-wings) get out of the entrance? Also, is it me or is the entrance here much smaller than the one the Falcon escapes from?

You know, here's an idea... as someone suggested a while back, there could be multiple entrances. Being that it looks like it is a catwalk/support beam (during the clip, you can see 2 rebels climbing down the side of the support leg/ladder), I suggest putting the larger opening the Falcon escapes from BEHIND the Falcon in some of the scenes, indicating that this opening is a smaller one for the Taun-Taun patrol, as well as give the larger ships a larger opening to leave out of WITHOUT running into that catwalk thing.

I would also like to go back and watch other clips of the entrance scenes to see if that catwalk structure is in it to see if there is any continuity.

EDIT: okay, I think I see what it is: it looks like a moveable platform that can be moved overtop any of the vehicles for maintenance or R2 removal/placement. Even so, should some part of the X-wing (like the wings at least) be seen when C-3PO comes into the hanger, being that the portable catwalk is over the X-wing Leia and Chewie are by (as seen at 1:44)?

EDIT 2: at scene 2:08 you can see how wide the doors/opening is; should it be much bigger/wider? maybe if at the least the area on the left is pushed off and the center point of the doors closing is put much further to the left side of the screen (which would be enough to account for a larger opening that would allow the Falcon a way out). Or the door behind Chewie could be pushed to the right... anything to make the doors/ cave entrance big enough for the Falcon escape scene.