SilverKey said:

I don't think using footage from other movies is a good idea. I've seen it done in other fan edits before, and it just doesn't feel right. Not just because it's recognizably from another movie, most of the time the new scenes just don't have the same style as the rest of the movie.

But I am all for spicing up the invasion of Naboo. No idea how to do that with the material we have though.

It might work if the pilfered footage was altered beyond being recognisable as it was original shown, used more as a source of elements which can be montaged together.

I have no idea how Adywan has created his new Cloud City mattes for ESB:R but I assume he used existing material and created new mattes via a mixture of photo manipulation and his own artistic skill (give us a clue Ady).

What could be done is to take footage from other films and television shows as elements and combine them with a bit of artistry to create new shots that look like they fit into Naboo of the PT but no longer resemble the shots they originally came from.

It's either that or doing any new shots from scratch which might be easier for people like us to do now than it was in 1998 but is still far from cheap or a walk in the park.

Pre-existing footage at the very least could be used as place holders for new shots in retroactive workprints showing how reworked PT episodes might be restructured.

TheBoost said:

Just a thought, but the look of Naboo is a total rip from the book picture "Dinotopia."

I havent seen it, but a tv show was made of "Dinotopia" and perhaps its domed Itallian style citites on Waterfalls could be utilized in some way.

I too haven't seen the television adaptation but it may well be worth checking it out.

Good call there TheBoost.