doubleofive said:
Ming is here! There aren't credits big enough for him in this movie. A whole second unit dedicated to running around in the snow to enhance the movie... It's awesome to hear about.
Siliconmaster482 said:
Greetings, Ming! It's great to know there's such a dedicated group working to shoot stuff. Can't wait to see how it turns out!
Ripplin said:
Thanks for such a detailed introduction, Ming! Hope everything goes well. :)
Enigmas said:
Great introduction, Ming! This sounds really great, how many people are in your filming group? And you said you lived in Frisco? Haha, hello from San Jose! Are you guys going up to Tahoe to film?
Haha... thanks for the awesome welcome guys! Trust me, we're as excited as you are to see this as you guys are. We never thought something like this would be something we'd be doing but there is no way we'd turn down Ady when he first requested help. At first I thought it be me with a tripod, a camera, and my X-wing gear but more and more of my people came through and immediately wanted to help when I contacted key people. The more help came the more ambitious Ady's ideas for shots became (which we will LOVE tackling).
So currently we've done some crazy stuff in the last couple of months to gather the gear we need to make things look authentic and awesome (and crazy enough pretty cheap!). =) Overall it's my Rogue Squadron, which is currently at a full dozen at the moment, and then my film crew consists of about 4-5 people... Then my costume maker and prop people which is another 4-5 people... Even my original X-wing gear was a collaborative effort (but the Hoth X-wing gear is slightly different from standard X-wing gear so we're making the thermal jacket, and other accessories right now). My room is a disaster area with boxes and gear scattered through out so I kinda can't wait to do these shots so I can get some of this crap out of here. lol...
We were looking at Tahoe but we came across an even better option at a place called "Twain Harte" which is near Yosemite. One of our friends has a cabin up there and we isolated 3 possible sites to use for our "Hoth" locals. =D My XO, Rogue Six, and all of my RS's 2nd Flight lives in SJ. XD
ImperialFighter said:
Rogue Leader said:
My team is a lil over a dozen people... Along with my Rogues, we have other friends/powerful allies who will be instrumental in pulling this off. Costume designers, prop makers, film makers, photographers, etc etc etc... So rest assured we're not approaching this half-@ssed... lol. No, we do not have the backing of the 501st or Rebel Legion. However, we do have a few real Rebels within those groups who are willing to help me directly. I resigned from the RL last year so they have no jurisdiction over me or my squadron. =P
Welcome aboard Ming, and thanks for the interesting update on what you and your buddies are involved in with the 'Secondary Unit' stuff.
So you're the one who took the 'Rogue Leader' tag here when I tried to register as that originally, lol. It seems that you're the perfect member to have it though, judging by your credentials! :)
So just to wish you all good luck in your mission, and it sure is neat to know that some of you could end up in as many as six shots, which is more than I expected. I have a feeling that Adywan's whole AT-AT battle is going to be a real showpiece for his work by the time this is all done....
Sorry to snag the "Rogue Leader" tag. ;) I've been Rogue Leader of my Rogue Squadron for over a decade and originally it was formed to coordinate for the Prequels... *shudder* (lol Don't get me started...) Over the years Rogue Squadron has done some amazing things all over the planet. We had a website but geocities kinda died and thus the website died with it too... A lot of the images have been saved on Facebook though and I will recreate it someday soon I hope (well especially after ESB:R cos this is the most insanely awesome thing we've ever done! XD And that's saying something... lol). =D
VincentSmalls said:
RogueLeader... you're making me very jealous that I didn't move out to San Fran when I had the chance! Dammit, sounds like a lot of fun (and hard work no doubt)... looking forward to see some damn fine results!
We're hoping we can live up to everyone's expectations on this! XD After viewing ANH:R we were floored and we were like, "Why doesn't LFL do this?!". lol... So to be apart of Adywan's team now and to help him do this for ESB:R was a no brainer. =) If you guys are on Facebook you should join all the Revisited groups (I kinda started the first Revisited group there but my original title for the Revisited group was called "Make Adywan's A New Hope Revisited THE OFFICIAL version of ANH" hahaha...(it's now "Adywan's Star Wars: A New Hope Revisited" XD). Little did I know I'd end up in this position... lol...). Ady has posted some great videos and pics and I have as well concerning some sneek peaks of weapons and gear we're making for the shots. I'll post what I can here too. =D