Ric Olie said:But do you have any idea how hard they are to pull off convincingly? I'm not talking about creating the shot - I'm talking about the actual flying. Forget space camera placement and all that jazz, 'cause the real skill is in piloting that ship as close as you can to the camera without taking out either the camera itself or the crew.
Trust me on this, when you've done one successful flyby, you'll want to do 'em over and over again.
That gave me a nice chuckle.
Adywan, this might not be very constructive, but wow, that flyby looks like a million dollar shot (okay, maybe not a million, but you know what I mean). The sunrise looks spectacular, and the motion is perfectly smooth. The comparison clip shows just how incredible this shot is. I understand the point that was made about dynamic flybys perhaps being overused in the prequels, but I think this will fit into ESB:Revisited just perfectly. Thanks for the 720p!